Sunday, March 22, 2009

Would you kill an US citizen if the governement tells you to?

So many people in the pro-life community is talking about the 'conscience clause', which the Obama administration has announced its plan to reverse. Now to be fair, (and something that the pro-life community doesn't say much) the administration is planning to only reverse what Bush administration added, not the original 'conscience clause'.

Having said that, what is the conscience clause? Basically it's a clause that allows a physician to say "I don't want to perform abortion because I don't want to kill a baby"... so this laws have existed for a while, like around 30 years, but what Bush administration did was to enforce it, by expanding it to all medical professionals.

So what do you think? I think the reversal that the Obama administration is trying to do is yet another 'slippery slope' in my opinion.

Let's say a guy that works in Walm@rt refuses to sell condoms because s/he doesn't think it's ethical, I think Walm@rt should have the ability to fire him. If a doctor in a private hospital refuses to perform abortion based on this belief, I think the hospital should have the ability to fire the person... then all the person have to do is to work at a private hospital or a pharmacy that supports his/her decision or open their own practice. BUT I DON'T WANT to live in a place where the government forces you to perform something that you believe is morally wrong.

sooo...what would you do if the government tell you that you will go to jail if you don't perform an abortion? Would you choose to kill the baby or go to jail? Unfortunately, I have a feeling many people will choose to kill, rather than go to jail, even if they knew they are committing murder. (think of Germany and Japan during WWII)

Want to do something about it? Go to www.Regulations.gov, and leave a comment! ... and if you can't find it search for "Ensuring that Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices In Violation of Federal Law"

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  1. ..or you can go to http://www.freedom2care.org/action/message/patient and put your comment as a patient who support this clause.

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