Bush administration proposal is an attack on reproductive health
SEATTLE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARDThe Bush administration's proposed opt-out rule for health-care workers is unnecessary and misses a critical element: respect for abortion rights. More than 584,000 hospitals, doctors offices, clinics and other health-care entities could lose federal funding if they do not accommodate employees who deny care they deem morally objectionable. The proposed regulation no longer includes an explicit definition of abortion as anything that interferes with a fertilized egg after conception. But the White House's assault on women's health-care rights remains.
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