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Jordan — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:02:55 -0000

"Right of a lady to go elsewhere for a procedure" is a hollow argument throughout much of the country. If you live in North Dakota, Arkansas, Idaho, or any of another dozen states, you likely don't have a Planned Parenthood or similar clinic that provides free/discounted contraception within miles, towns, or even between you and the next state. Considering how funding has been pulled from clinics like Planned Parenthood under the last administration, there are even fewer branches of facilities able to keep their heads above water and provide patients with what the PATIENT wants. People in this country forget that healthcare providers provide a service to consumers. Their personal beliefs should not be able to overrule your needs as a patient. You pay them for their medical expertise, not their opinions or leanings. So "going elsewhere" is hard enough these days, and considering the budget woes facing the Obama administration, will likely not be a priority in the near future. Contraception has gotten much harder to come by - federal funding is no longer provided for colleges to have it available to students at a discounted rate, for example. I have no problem with doctors refusing to provide contraception IF they actually know another doctor they can refer the patient to who will. Under this new rule, I fear the sense of obligation to assist the patient with what the PATIENT wants will continue to flicker out.

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gochi — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:58:34 -0000

Excellent write up thanks for the information i love your writing skill.

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Hawaiianstyle — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:04:07 -0000

Congress? Hello. Hello? Is anyone home? Is anyone listening? Did you take an oath of office? Are you really a co-equal branch of government? You know...checks and balances?

Its no wonder your approval rating is in a close race with Bush's toward zero.

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4 DAPEOPbyDAPEOP — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:03:55 -0000

Whats the difference - he's had an agenda since the moment he stepped into office. We have been lied to - cheated out of freedoms and scared with the whole TERROR TACTICS (alquada - osama - WMD'S - OH MY!)- this admin has been nothing more than a FRONT for the true people who run this country - BIG BIZ - MILITARY - CIA - FBI - BANKS - PHAMICUTICAL.
we go on strike and protest in front of plants and factories when we want a raise but question your governments agenda and the blaent lies they tell us and what - your a TERRORIST - YOUR UNPATRIOTIC - YOUR A CONSPIRSY THERIST blah blah blah -
I don't have kids and i'll tell you why - who in their right mind would want to bring the most precious thing in the world into this hole. What future are we leaving for the next generation or generations to come.
WAKE THE F#@% UP AMERICA - DO YOUR RESEARCH - IT IS OUR RIGHT TO QUESTION YOUR GOVERNMENT AND THEIR ACTIONS AND AGENDA!!!!!
our whole system is breaking down and all we can do is point the finger at each other - LOOK - QUESTION THINGS.

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rachael — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:09:05 -0000

meeaaaow!

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Just-Say-NO — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:50:11 -0000

Yes, a thoughtful article. Re #3 on the list.

"Working to protect the rights of some doctors who happen to not want to perform certain procedures"? Let's consider personal integrity for a moment. If a particular procedure is morally repugnant for a doctor, he/she is not FORCED to do it.

Is it greed or fear of losing patients that keeps a doctor from saying "I don't perform 'ZZZ' procedure, let me refer you to someone who does," or putting up a sign in his/her office stating the services he/she provides?

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Rebecca — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:36:09 -0000

number 3 on the list. It says that it "clearly refers to contraception." I'm sorry, but that's a bit of a stretch. True bush is an ass, true he's pushing through some crap, but number 3 is a tricky one, because with all of our desire for rights, privacy, and non-discriminination, doesn't it seem odd that this liberal article is trashing the one thing that he is trying to do that actually is working to protect the rights of some doctors who happen to not want to perform certain procedures? He is not attacking the right of a lady to go elsewhere for a procedure, simply keeping the doctors from getting "discriminated against" for THEIR own beliefs. It's a tricky two-way street, eh? Great Article!!

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stejani — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:11:00 -0000

The proposed FMLA waiver provision is actually more limited; it does not allow an employee to waive her right to FMLA leave. Rather, the provision will allow an employee to waive in a settlement agreement or severance agreement her right to make an FMLA claim (or lawsuit) against her employer without that waiver being reviewed by the Department of Labor or a Court. Currently, courts are split as to whether such a waiver of an FMLA claim needs to be reviewed by a Court or DOL (as waivers of minimum wage claims are) or not.

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spencer — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:49:13 -0000

well, the Congressional Review Act of 1996 should help this underground war between Obama and Bush right now. According to Politico, "The law contains a clause determining that any regulation finalized within 60 days of congressional adjournment — Oct. 3, in this case — is considered to have been legally finalized on Jan. 15, 2009. The new Congress then has 60 days to review it and reverse it with a joint resolution that can’t be filibustered in the Senate.

In other words, any regulation finalized in the last half-year of the Bush administration could be wiped out with a simple party-line vote in the Democrat-controlled Congress."

This can be the Holy Grail to beat back the Bushies, who have infected the bureaucracy with these well-hidden regs, that now number over 200, as of this writing.

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Hawaiianstyle — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:16:55 -0000

Zee,

My friend, hate has its own reward.

Do you find you get angry more often. Do you enjoy life less.

Try smiling at least once a day just to be sure you don't forget how. It feels good.

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Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:17:57 -0000

Anyone that considers Bush a conservative, doesn't deserve to call themselves one.

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Zee — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:12:11 -0000

Excellent, at least he is doing a few things right - too little too late - given that he has failed conservatives utterly for eight years. But the ass who wrote this piece as if these laws were cause for dismay is likely to feel otherwise. Too bad, consider it a last splatter of spit on your mewling, metrosexual, progressive face.