{"id":3460,"date":"2013-08-09T02:38:43","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T09:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3460"},"modified":"2018-03-08T20:41:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T04:41:51","slug":"now-secretary-of-health-and-human-services-kathleen-sebelius-is-not-radical-enough-to-work-at-rite-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3460","title":{"rendered":"Now Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius is not radical enough to work at Rite Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Freedom2Care.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Jonathan Imbody*<\/a><\/p>\n

Tolerance. Diversity. Broad-mindedness. Those are the words.<\/p>\n

Bullying.\u00a0Discriminating. Compelling. Those are the deeds.<\/p>\n

The contradictory words and deeds often come from one and the same individuals–and in a case I learned about today, companies. Turns out the words of tolerance, diversity and broad-mindedness\u00a0only apply to those who comply with the dogma and submit to the will of the speakers.<\/p>\n

Here’s an email I received this morning from a pharmacist member of the Christian Medical Association:<\/p>\n

“Subject: Forced to resign over mandate to sell the morning after pill.<\/p>\n

“Just to let you know that Rite-Aid corporation came out with a stricter policy on July 5, 2013 that requires all employees to accommodate the sale of the morning-after pill to all comers, of either gender and of any age. \u00a0I tendered my resignation within the hour, it was accepted, and my last work day is July 20th. \u00a0I realize that I am an ‘at will’ employee and I do not expect any recourse. Just for your information to add me to the list of those quitting pharmacy solely because of the policy change. \u00a0Keep up the good work. The battle rages. \u00a0The Lord is able to supply our needs.”<\/p>\n

Remember that even the Obama administration health department opposed the unlimited sale of the morning-after pill, citing health concerns. So presumably, even the radically pro-abortion Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, is not radical enough to work at Rite Aid.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Secretary Sebelius and President Obama trashed the only federal regulation protecting health care professionals from discrimination and firings for reasons of conscience. They and other abortion advocates also can’t seem to muster enough liberality to support the tolerant, diversity-respecting and broad-minded principles of the Healthcare\u00a0Conscience\u00a0Rights Act (S 1204<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0HR 940<\/a>).<\/p>\n

While the regulation and the law apply specifically to government-funded programs, each can help establish an environment of true respect for conscience, tolerance and diversity that will protect health care professionals nationwide. Until then, pharmacists, obstetricians and family docs who still adhere to the Hippocratic oath and faith tenets remain subject to job loss, discrimination and ostracism for their life-affirming views.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Imbody <\/i>
\nVice President for Government Relations,
\nChristian Medical Association\u00a0<\/a>
\nCMA Washington office: P.O. Box 16351 \u2022 Washington, DC 20041
\n703-723-8688 (office)\u00a0\u2022\u00a0703-434-9794 (mobile)
\n<\/b>Director,\u00a0Freedom<\/b>2<\/b>Care<\/b><\/a>\u00a0–\u00a050 groups and 29,000 individuals advancing conscience rights<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Freedom2Care.org Jonathan Imbody* Tolerance. Diversity. Broad-mindedness. Those are the words. Bullying.\u00a0Discriminating. Compelling. Those are the deeds. The contradictory words and deeds often come from one and the same individuals–and in a case I learned about today, companies. Turns out the words of tolerance, diversity and broad-mindedness\u00a0only apply to those who comply with the dogma … Continue reading “Now Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius is not radical enough to work at Rite Aid”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,247,28],"tags":[114,183,206,213,832],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-3460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary","category-morning-after-pill","category-usa","tag-christian-medical-association-usa","tag-hhs-preventive-services-mandate","tag-jonathon-imbody","tag-kathleen-sebelius","tag-rite-aid"],"yoast_head":"\r\nNow Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius is not radical enough to work at Rite Aid - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3460\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Now Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius is not radical enough to work at Rite Aid - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"  Freedom2Care.org Jonathan Imbody* Tolerance. 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