Bush-Era Abortion Rules Face Possible Reversal

[Hepburn]

Obama Team Looks at Regulation Set to Be Finalized This Week Letting Medical Staff Refuse to Take Part in Practices They Oppose

WASHINGTON -- The outgoing Bush administration this week will finalize a regulation establishing a "right of conscience" allowing medical staff to refuse to participate in any practice they object to on moral grounds, including abortion but possibly birth control and other health care as well.

In transition offices across town, officials in the incoming Obama administration have begun considering how and when to undo it.

The regulation is one of a swath of abortion and other reproductive-health issues under review by the Obama team, which is preparing to reverse a variety of Bush measures, according to officials close to the transition. The review is part of a sweeping scrutiny of Bush-era legislation and regulation on issues across the federal government, from environmental and labor rules to defense spending.

On abortion and related matters, action is expected early on executive, regulatory, budgetary and legislative fronts.

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Good...and the sooner the better. IMO, the fundies NEED to keep their noses out of the sex lives of consenting adults.

[Captain Hilts]

1. Not if Rick Warren can help it!

[Hepburn]

2. So true....

...people like that asshole just amaze me: EVERY concern in the world for the un-born...but the second a child IS born, hey, that is the end of he concern.

Unreal...