[StBernard] Speak Out to Defend Conscience Protections

[Westley Annis]

Recent weeks have demonstrated the dangers of increased government
intervention into private matters. Now the Obama administration wants the
federal government to meddle in perhaps an even more disturbing matter:
personal conscience.

The Department of Health and Human Services wants to overturn important
federal regulations that protect health care professionals who act according
to their deeply held personal convictions. 

Speak out against this injustice and post your comments at
www.ADoctorsRight.com. 

Current regulations make sure doctors, nurses, and pharmacists can uphold
their personal beliefs while practicing medicine-without facing
discrimination or retribution in the workplace. This problem is a serious
one, as real health care providers have been fired and denied opportunities
because of their desire to not participate in procedures, such as abortions,
that violate their consciences. 

It is imperative that HHS hears the voices of liberty-minded individuals
like you who disapprove of the government interfering in matters of personal
conscience. No matter how you feel about specific medical procedures, we can
agree that the freedom to work in accord with one's conscience must be
protected. 

To learn more about this proposed change and to tell HHS what you think,
visit www.ADoctorsRight.com . The deadline to submit comments to HHS is
April 9, so you must act in the next ten days! 

The freedom to act according to one's own conscience is fundamental to
civilization and is the essence of freedom. As James Madison once said,
"conscience is the most sacred of all property."  Reversing these rules
would deal a blow to freedom and further erode the values on which our
nation was founded.

Thank you again for your support of conservative principles and The Heritage
Foundation.

Sincerely,

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President