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Obama administration may rescind 'conscience rule'
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Feb 27, 2009 12:13pm |
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| Category | Rule Change |
| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Tribune |
| News Date | Friday, February 27, 2009 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | aking another step into the abortion debate, the Obama administration Friday 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, according to administration officials.
The rollback of the "conscience rule" comes just two months after the Bush administration announced it last year in one of its final policy initiatives.
The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology has reported cases such as that of a Virginia mother of two who became pregnant because she was denied emergency contraception. In Texas, the group said, a rape victim had her prescription for emergency contraception rejected by a pharmacist. |
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