Family planning run amok
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 02:07
in Psychology & Sociology
A federal push to let healthcare workers refuse services is really an assault on reproductive rights. Here comes another sneak attack on family planning by the Bush administration. Masquerading as a measure to protect healthcare providers from "morally coercive or discriminatory practices," a rule change proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services would require healthcare facilities to certify in writing that their workers do not have to assist with procedures they find objectionable.