George Bush Legalizes Medical " Prejudice "

   This could only come from a Republican idiot and George Bush certainly fits the bill. Our asshate President has pretty much made being prejudice an official law with the name of a "right of conscience."

   So basically, if I happen to have to go to the emergency room of a hospital for some reason and the attending physician smells a beer on my breath, he can refuse to treat me because he is opposed to alcohol.  " right of conscience " can cover many things and for the most stupid reasons.

The controversial rule empowers federal health officials to cut off federal funding for any state or local government, hospital, clinic, health plan, doctor's office or other entity if it does not accommodate employees who exercise their "right of conscience." It would apply to more than 584,000 health-care facilities.

"Doctors and other health care providers should not be forced to choose between good professional standing and violating their conscience," Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said in a statement.

Leavitt has said the regulation was intended to protect workers who object to abortion, but both supporters and critics said the rule remains broad enough to protect pharmacists, doctors, nurses and others who do not wish to dispense birth control pills, Plan B emergency contraceptives and other forms of contraception. While primarily aimed at doctors and nurses, it offers protection to anyone -- including ultrasound technicians, nurses aides, secretaries and even janitors who have any role in the service.

   I have a question.  If I'm a doctor and George Bush is brought into the hospital that I happen to be working in, and he's near fatal, can I refuse to treat him because my  "right of conscience"  doesn't approve of war crimes performed by the said individual?

    For a funny, but serious, look at how this shit could go, read here.

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