Human Life Amendment
Friday, March 20th, 2009
Hi Dear Friends –
Here is information I received from one of my Arch/Diocesan CCW Presidents in Region One. It is information that I feel is really important to all of us and I would like to share with all of you. Some of this information was also included in the diocesan update I just received from our Diocesan Pastoral Center. We need to voice our objection to the removal of conscience protection for our health care providers to our legislators!
Congress is open to our comments regarding conscience protection until April 9th. The simplest way to respond is to e-mail congress now for the sake of all nurses and doctors that will be caught up in this. Our foundations are teetering.
Also, please forward this to your friends.
Thanks ~Ann~
Public comment period on removing conscience protections for health care workers is now open.
President Obama’s proposal to rescind a policy that protects the conscience rights of health care workers has now been formally published in the Federal Register, thus opening the 30-day period available for public comment on the proposal. Pro-life groups in the United States are urging concerned citizens to voice their concerns.
You may submit electronic comments on this regulation to Regulations.gov or via e-mail.
To submit electronic comments go to Regulations.gov and click on the link “Comment or Submission” and enter the keywords “provider conscience”. (Attachments should be in Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, or Excel; however, Microsoft Word is preferred.)
See “Provider Conscience Regulation” Cardinal George
Please take time to voice our objection to the removal of conscience protection for our health care providers to our legislators!
The USCCB has set up a special site including a link to the National Committee for a Human Life Amendment, where comments can be e-mailed directly to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Thanks and God Bless!
Donna Sanders
NCCW Vice President – Region 1