When will Sen. Tom Coburn (R - CRAZY!!111!) report to prison?

[ck4829]

he Obama administration has suggested that it will move to “rescind a controversial rule that allows health-care workers to deny abortion counseling or other family-planning services if doing so would violate their moral beliefs.”

The Bush administration argued that the rule was necessary to protect the “freedom of expression and action” of medical professionals who personally object to providing certain procedures. Health care professionals maintained that the new regulation was highly redundant; activists saw the provision as a backdoor effort to restrict access to contraceptives.

But conservatives are now up-in arms about Obama’s decision to review the regulation. In an interview with CNSNews, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), an OBG-YN, suggested that he might engage in civil disobedience if Obama repealed the conscience clause:

“I think a lot of us will go to jail,” Coburn told CNSNews.com when asked what would happen if the administration reverses the policy. “Let’s see them prosecute the first one of us for not doing that.” By that comment, Coburn meant that doctors, himself included, are willing to defy the law before agreeing to perform medical procedures that violate their conscience, a Coburn spokesman clarified.

Coburn’s sacrifice for principle is impressive, but refusing to provide abortions won’t land him in jail or bring him the publicity that often comes with incarceration. Even without the rule, Coburn’s “conscience” will be protected by The Church Amendment of 1976, The Coats Amendment of 1996, and the Hyde/Weldon Conscience Protection Amendment of 2004.

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/03/06/coburn-conscience/

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. Where should I stand?

I want to be in a good position to wave bye-bye to these asswipes as they head off to jail.

Yeah, like that's ever gonna happen...............

[gratuitous]

2. You're reading his statement wrong

When Coburn says "a lot of us will go to jail," he's not talking about himself. Now, if he said, "a lot of us will make more money," he'll be at the front of the line.

[AllentownJake]

3. I had to explain this stupid fucking "controversy" to a friend the other day

This is about preventive birth control it is not about abortion.

The Bush executive order could mean a pharmacist doesn't have to fill someone's prescription for the pill. That is fine if you live where I live and you can just go to the pharmacy two blocks over. It sucks if you live in a small town and there are two pharmacies and both have American Taliban pharmacist, or pharmacist who are afraid of the local nutjob preacher.

This isn't about doctors this is about pharmacist.