If your doctor doesn't like gay people, he/she no longer has to treat you

[Newsjock]

Or if your doctor opposes abortion rights, or if your doctor doesn't like anything created with stem cells. Or, I suppose, even if your doctor doesn't like black or brown people. I guess these are all questions that we have to ask our doctors now before we even try to receive care. Heaven help us if we're injured and bleeding at the time.

Thank you, President Asshole.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/18/AR2008121801556.html?nav=rss_email%2Fcomponents

The Bush administration today issued a sweeping new regulation that protects a broad range of health-care workers -- from doctors to janitors -- who refuse to participate in providing services that they believe violate their personal, moral or religious beliefs.

The controversial rule empowers federal health officials to cut off federal funding for any state or local government, hospital, clinic, health plan, doctor's office or other entity if it does not accommodate employees who exercise their "right of conscience." It would apply to more than 584,000 health-care facilities.

... The regulation, which was issued just in time to take effect in the 30 days before the change of administrations, was sought by conservative groups, abortion opponents and others as necessary to safeguard workers from being fired, disciplined or penalized in other ways.

... Although the Obama administration could reverse the rule, it would require a lengthy process. Last month, however, Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) introduced a bill to repeal the regulation legislatively.

[Mojambo]

1. They already have the only right they need. The right to enter a different line of fucking work. n/t

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

2. A nice, bald-faced attempt to skirt around Roe v Wade

[Warpy]

3. That rule should be the first thing he reverses

If you can't do your damn job, find a different line of work!

It's easy to avoid doing abortions, go into a different specialty. It's easy to avoid dispensing birth control, don't work in a dispensing pharmacy.

Easiest of all is realizing that your job description contains neither the word "judge" nor the word "jury."

[nebenaube]

4. this is so going to backfire in their face....

with so many demented assholes entering the system do they realize that there will be some of us who prefer only to help 'kind' people?

[Gwendolyn]

5. Hopefully it won't last too long. B.O. is already looking at repealing this nonsense.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/17/obama-team-reverse-bush-era-abortion-rules/

[hlthe2b]

6. No telling where this would lead...

Damn them all to hell... I want them gone.. NOW

[wuushew]

7. Actually this law will be struck dead by the new Congress

According to NPR changes in law at the very end of an administration are subject to Congressional review.

[phillysuse]

8. Great, I don't have to treat lawyers or MBA's

or other prostitutes.

And to hell with neurotic entitled rich people who have nothing wrong with their bodies but their souls are rotten.

[madrchsod]

9. the last act of the madness of king george

deciding who is to live and who is to die......

[Phred42]

10. NEXT UP - If your Doctor dosen't like Liberals - he dosen't have to treat you

[foxfeet]

11. I hope when Cheney has his next heart attack

the ER cardiology attending is a black, single-mother, lesbian, pagan who uses a wheelchair. Oh what possibilities this affords us!:sarcasm:

[Phred42]

13. Who better to check his prostate than a gay Doc?

:shrug:

[cwydro]

12. I wouldn't want anyone who hates gays

to treat me.

So that works out just fine.

[terryg11]

14. would you really want someone treating you who doesn't "like" you?

If I knew my doctor was that set against "me and my type"for whatever discriminating reason I would shop around for a new doctor. While I understand what kind of door this could open (as far as the federally funding part) I don't have a huge issue with peopple being guided by their own morals which is what I try to do everyday.

Don' t like a product or a business' practices then I don't support it and it doesn't get my money