Doctors with moral objection could refuse services to patients under bill (MI) House panel passed [View all]

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Source: Detroit Free Press

Doctors with moral objection could refuse services to patients under bill House panel passed
5:12 PM, December 12, 2012
By Kathleen Gray
Detroit Free Press Lansing Bureau


LANSING — On a straight party-line vote, the state House insurance committee voted today to approve a bill that would allow health care providers and facilities to refuse service based on a moral objection, religious reasons or matters of conscience.

The bill now moves to the full House, and if approved, would move to Gov. Rick Snyder for his signature.

The bill, which has passed the Senate, “respects religious freedom,” said the bill’s sponsor, Sen. John Moolenaar, R-Midland. “But also allows for the best medical care.”

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But opponents of the bill said it could have many unintended consequences, including denying health care for things such as birth control pills or to patients with AIDS, or denying services to people who contract diseases from certain behaviors.


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The GOPers in the state government of Michigan are on a real fucking tear during this lame duck session.

My thanks to all MI citizens who found other stuff to do more important than voting in 2010.