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Statement on the Conscience Clause2009-03-11

I urge all of our parishioners to make known their opposition to the proposal of the Obama administration to rescind the regulation in place whereby conscience rights in the health care profession are protected. Our doctors, nurses and other health care providers must retain the right to exercise their consciences and to decide for themselves whether they will take part in certain medical procedures.

Please take action immediately by e-mailing proposedrescission@hhs.gov or by mailing a letter to (HHS requires on original and two copies) Office of Public Health and Science, Department of Health and Human Services, Attention: Rescission Proposal Comments, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 716G, Washington, D.C. 20201.

Visit www.arlingtondiocese.org for proposed language and further instructions.