That’s no obstacle to the pro-abortionists in Congress though. They’ll just override states’ laws and implement a policy like that of Denmark requiring every county to have an abortion-providing hospital.

Second, doctors will not do something they believe will be harmful to a patient’s life or health. A doctor who believes abortion is harmful will not have any need to do one. I suspect this happens a lot with legitimate medical procedures. Doctors can disagree about what procedures should or should not be done. There is no law that then compels doctors who disagree to do it anyway or to find a referral.

People supporting the right to conscience are doing themselves a disservice by implying there is some element of spiritual or supernatural belief involved. If it is, then opposition would not be legitimate; and such people are in the wrong profession. Instead of asking for “conscience protection,” doctors would be better served by simply stating, when the matter arises, that the risk outweighs the benefit; and they aren’t going to cause harm to one’s life or health, which abortion does by definition.

Regardless, no woman in the US ever goes to a normal doctor’s office or hospital asking for an abortion, so this situation as implied will never arise.

I suppose there could be times in hospitals where subordinates to doctors may have conflicts where a pregnant woman is already in the hospital because she and/or her unborn child has a serious condition. Such concerns should only be addressed more narrowly though.

I don’t think Obama can directly fund abortions without an act of Congress, and there are several otherwise pro-abortion Democrats who favor the Hyde Amendment. Regardless, this will be something to keep an eye on. The Mexico City policy only deals with those who may refer for abortions. Given the policies and practices of other countries, I don’t think that policy has much impact on the number of abortions in other countries.

OTOH, this might be an interesting ploy to backdoor nationalized healthcare. Catholic hospitals provide a very high percentage of hospital beds nationally (upwards of 40% I’m guessing). Threatening closure would create a “national health emergency”, especially among the poor, and would give Obama a reason to nationalize those hospitals and keep them open. I’m sure no shortage of unions would support that move as well.

Now, there are many people very upset with the Republican Party right now. The party can be characterized as sometimes feeble and ineffective in the fight against the Democrats. Taking the knee against Obama and Chicago-land will be seen by the grassroots, eager to keep fighting now more than ever, as more of the same.

No, we cannot base our opposition on this, but it is a key component. And we must oppose Obama because of what he would do to our country. Corruption is an issue.

I could not care less about Newt. He’s mentioned only because he is one of the folks leading the “allow Obama to govern” charge.

Now, in the future, be respectful.

I need more coffee.

I have no problem with the gist of the post, merely the clueless or disingenuous slam on Newt.

I am totally willing to give you the benefit of the doubt as to being clueless. Your implication is still false, as in divorced from reality. And there is no way to argue it was anything but gratuitous. He didn’t say to give Obama a free pass. He said to avoid going after him on this particular issue, as there has yet to be anything to tie him to it. And your statement above…

Taking a knee on Obama’s behavior in relation to his cronies and Cook County politics opens the door wider for Obama to make such dramatic rule changes by acclaim. The RNC is keeping the base, the grassroots, in the game. The other fellow is advocating, taking a knee, at least until the Obama changes have been made.

…is 180 degrees out of whack. By engaging in blatantly partisan attacks Without Any Evidence, you merely undermine the GOPs credibility and enhance his.

Should we go for a full court press on the birth certificate ‘issue’ as well?

You have a huge decision to make, and it is one that will deter many from entering the field.

In trying to sway my inlaws vote, I figured out our ROI on medical school. With my working 2 sometimes 3 jobs to take care of our household finances, with my husband working while in school to supplement this, with him signing a rural match program to get our student debt down, the investment is a huge one…not to mention the mental investment of seven years beyond college of higher education. Taking into consideration, JUST the tax bracket we will fall after residency our ROI was negative for about 7 years and that is with my husband moonlighting.

That’s not even considering the possibility of socialized health which will fill clinics beyond capacity, making doctors over worked and under paid.

We need more good doctors as it is, and I hope you are personally driven toward medicine, but under Obama your decision will be a very difficult one.

No it was not.

Newt Gingrich urged Republicans to give Obama a free pass until he becomes President, then we can engage him in a policy debate. No matter what you think the the RNC ad, Newt’s is a losing strategy. If you disagree with that, you can explain why.

Now doctors will be forced to perform a procedure, that a young woman does not NEED? A procedure that would not even have been requested had a decent education on the matter been allowed?

Makes PERFECT sense to me…

Some would-be Republican leaders tell us that we “should be offering to help the President-elect prepare to take office” instead of calling attention to his background and his intentions. I can’t take a knee on this one.

There is a slight difference between waiting for evidence before scandal mongering and ‘takinmg a knee’ on actual issues.

Good try though. Okay, not really.

Nowhere in their formulation of being “pro-choice” supports the doctor’s right to choose in the least.

At the very least, can’t they at least be intellectually honest? I know it’s progressive Democrats we’re talking about, so we can’t hold out much hope for it, but is it really too much to ask?