Whose Conscience Is It, Anyway? [NOW]

[wlotus]

Message sent to the following recipients:

Mike Leavitt
Brenda Destro

Message text follows:

September 5, 2008

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[recipient name was inserted here],

Please do not issue the rule regarding conscience exceptions for medical and health providers.

This Administration has lost its moral compass when the personal and private beliefs of a pharmacist or bookkeeper are more important than a woman's integrity, her health, her future, and her right to family planning options. If a person has a moral problem carrying out the legal duties of their job, that person need to find another job. In no other industry can a person refuse to perform their duties and keep their job; why are pharmacists, etc. being given an out when it comes to a woman's right to follow her conscience regarding her reproductive choices?

That is sexist, because it affects only women.

I hope that you heed my request. Please do not finalize, implement and enforce the proposed rule entitled, "Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices In Violation of Federal Law."

Birth Control is NOT Abortion!

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
wlotus

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Comments

[labellerose.livejournal.com]

Personally, I am waiting for the day when some dude who wants viagra has to come in to the pharmacy with a note from his wife.

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

That'll be the day. But yes, that would only be fair.

I can't begin to express just how disgusted I am with males legislating females' bodies, nor can I express on how many levels this sort of thing is wrong.

[saladbar.livejournal.com]

LOL! Perfect!