{"id":696,"date":"2012-06-18T16:46:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T23:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=696"},"modified":"2018-03-05T21:48:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T05:48:54","slug":"cma-physicians-compare-hhs-position-on-births-to-chinas-in-comments-filed-opposing-contraceptives-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=696","title":{"rendered":"CMA Physicians Compare HHS Position on Births to China’s in Comments Filed Opposing Contraceptives Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christian Medical Association<\/a><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2012 \/Standard Newswire<\/a>\/ — The 16,000-member Christian Medical Association<\/a> (CMA) has filed official comments opposing as “unlawful, unprecedented, unwise and un-American” a U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule that forces virtually all health insurance plans in the country to provide free contraceptive pills, devices and surgeries on demand regardless of users’ ability to pay.<\/p>\n

The CMA document deplores the fact that “The administration is instituting a decidedly un-American policy that (a) classifies pregnancy as a disease requiring mandated treatment and (b) advocates the prevention of child-bearing as a health care cost savings. Unlike communist leaders in countries like China, Americans historically have not viewed pregnancy as a disease or children as an unwelcome product posing a cost burden.”<\/p>\n

The comments of CMA and other groups were filed with HHS before the June 19 deadline for public comments on the rule, which has generated nationwide protests over what opponents consider a frontal assault on religious freedom, since the rule does not exempt most religious employers who object to the drugs on moral grounds.<\/p>\n

CMA CEO Dr. David Stevens noted, “The contraceptives and sterilization mandate affects all people no matter what their faith is, and it is an attack on our first and most precious rights. Religious freedom and respect for conscience are among the most important issues that all people of faith face. This is a battle we dare not lose.”<\/p>\n

CMA Executive VP Dr. Gene Rudd added, “While researchers continue to debate whether certain mandated drugs labeled as contraceptive may actually end the life of a developing human embryo, the mandated drug Ella almost certainly has such a post-fertilization effect; it’s the only way to explain the effectiveness rates claimed for the drug. What we have learned during this debate over the potential abortifacient nature of certain contraceptives is that those with a social agenda will deceive to achieve.”<\/p>\n

The Christian Medical Association document asserted that the HHS mandate is unlawful and unprecedented in that it violates abortion-related provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the law under which the mandate is enacted), federal laws protecting conscience rights and constitutional protections for religious liberty and just compensation.<\/p>\n

CMA also noted that besides violating constitutional religious liberties, the mandate also “offers no accommodation options whatsoever to protect secular conscientious objectors.”<\/p>\n

The CMA comments conclude, “The administration retains only two realistic options regarding this unlawful, unprecedented, unwise and un-American policy: rescind the policy or face defeat in the courts. The CMA encourages rescission of this policy in its entirety.”<\/p>\n

Contact: <\/strong>Margie Shealy, VP for Communications, Christian Medical & Dental Associations<\/a>, 423-844-1047; www.Freedom2Care.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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