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onefixedstar) wrote2004-09-17 10:53 am
onefixedstar) wrote2004-09-17 10:53 am
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From CNN:
I'm not sure what the actual effects of this will be, but on the surface it's pretty scary. I truly hope that there aren't many health care professionals out there who would deny a woman a referral to an abortion provider to save her live in the case of a medical emergency, but having spoken with more than one conservative Christian who truly believes that abortions are wrong in all circumstance--after all, the woman might make a miraculous recovery if it's God's will--I'm not confident of it.
A little-noticed provision cleared the House of Representatives last week that would prohibit local, state or federal authorities from requiring any institution or health care professional to provide abortions, pay for them, or make abortion-related referrals, even in cases of rape or medical emergency.
I'm not sure what the actual effects of this will be, but on the surface it's pretty scary. I truly hope that there aren't many health care professionals out there who would deny a woman a referral to an abortion provider to save her live in the case of a medical emergency, but having spoken with more than one conservative Christian who truly believes that abortions are wrong in all circumstance--after all, the woman might make a miraculous recovery if it's God's will--I'm not confident of it.