Obama changes Bush's "right to conscience" rule - An Abortion Issue
Saturday, February 28, 2009
President Obama has rescinded a Bush administration rule allowing health workers to refuse to perform abortions based on their personal religious beliefs. It appears that President Bush was more in tune to help the workers follow their beliefs instead of helping people who desired to have abortions. Obama on Jan. 23 reversed Bush's controversial "Global Gag rule," which cut off federal funding for international-aid groups that perform or provide information about abortions. The regulation, also known as the Mexico City Policy, had been in effect on and off since 1984. Advocacy groups last month sued the government over the so-called "right to conscience" rule, charging that it's unlawful. "We've been concerned that the way the Bush rule is written it could make it harder for women to get the care they need," an unidentified Department of Health and Human Services official told the Washington Post. "It is worded so vaguely that some have argued it could limit family planning counseling and even potentially blood transfusions and end-of-life care." NBC's John Yang reports.
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