Conscience Clause

Tonight, at midnight, is the last opportunity to make a difference. Midnight is the deadline for submitting comments to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on health care Rights of Conscience. Please take this opportunity to protect doctors, nurses and other health care professionals, from being forced to participate in immoral procedure.

As you know, President Bush sent to HHS a Health Care Conscience Clause, which was implemented shortly before President Obama was inaugurated. Immediately Obama began the process to revoke the Conscience Clause. He has allowed a 30 day period for public response. It is every citizen's duty to respond. Medicine should never be forced to perform or participate in immoral activities. Instead the Conscience Clause should protect both the patient and the health care worker. If we blur the distinction between killing and healing, medicine believe me, will turn to killing. In other words, abortion procedures would be mandated in medical school, not to mention what curriculum would be taught in health care classes.

If you wish to respond, here's an easy web site to do it. www.usccb.org/conscienceprotection  Click on Email HHS Now.

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