Government-Mandated Medical Procedures
February 21, 2012, 11:41 am
By ANDREW ROSENTHAL
NYT
One common right-wing argument against President Obama’s policy requiring insurance coverage for birth control is that institutions should not be forced to pay for what they consider morally objectionable. It’s not about contraceptives, they say, it’s about government coercion.
In that case, these same right-wing groups should, theoretically, express even more outrage about a policy that goes beyond coerced payment—a policy that actually compels physicians to provide, and women to undergo, an unwanted and unnecessary medical procedure.
And yet, so far, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Republican candidates for president, and the Republican leadership in Congress have kept mum regarding a Virginia bill that does just that.
Both houses have passed a bill that requires women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound. Whoever performed the ultrasound would then have to offer the patient a chance to look at the resulting image.
(More here.)
By ANDREW ROSENTHAL
NYT
One common right-wing argument against President Obama’s policy requiring insurance coverage for birth control is that institutions should not be forced to pay for what they consider morally objectionable. It’s not about contraceptives, they say, it’s about government coercion.
In that case, these same right-wing groups should, theoretically, express even more outrage about a policy that goes beyond coerced payment—a policy that actually compels physicians to provide, and women to undergo, an unwanted and unnecessary medical procedure.
And yet, so far, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Republican candidates for president, and the Republican leadership in Congress have kept mum regarding a Virginia bill that does just that.
Both houses have passed a bill that requires women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound. Whoever performed the ultrasound would then have to offer the patient a chance to look at the resulting image.
(More here.)
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1 Comments:
I suppose it would make people angry when they can no longer avoid the realization that abortion is the taking of another’s life. Sort of spoils the good liberal fun.
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