{"id":19,"date":"2008-08-20T15:12:45","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T15:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lynnvsekulow\/2008\/08\/agreement-not-so-much.html"},"modified":"2008-08-20T15:12:45","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T15:12:45","slug":"agreement-not-so-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lynnvsekulow\/2008\/08\/agreement-not-so-much.html","title":{"rendered":"AGREEMENT? NOT SO MUCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, Jay, we are going to have to look for agreements elsewhere. \u00a0I think the only justifiable &#8220;conscience&#8221; exemption is for that physician directly performing the surgical or other medical procedure to terminate a pregnancy. \u00a0Your language effectively gives an exemption to everybody from the nurse who might assist to the person in the accounting department who bills for the procedure. \u00a0I know you don&#8217;t agree with the reasoning or conclusion of the decision in <span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Roe v. Wade<\/span>. \u00a0However, it acknowledged (not &#8220;created&#8221;) that the right to choose abortion is a constitutionally protected right. \u00a0It is already impossible to obtain an abortion in about 90% of the counties in this country because medical staff have been frightened out of doing procedures because of the threats of some in the so-called &#8220;Religious Right&#8221;. \u00a0As several persons commenting on your last posting have indicated, the breadth of your proposed &#8220;exemptions&#8221; from the requirement of making your &#8220;business&#8221; available to anyone in the public is staggering. It will restrict the moral choices of many in the 10% of counties where abortion is available. 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