Comments on: GWB as regulator: new opt-out “conscience” rules for health workers https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/gwb-as-regulator-new-opt-out-conscience-rules-for-health-workers/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:57:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bob Lipton https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/gwb-as-regulator-new-opt-out-conscience-rules-for-health-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-37223 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:57:31 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8035#comment-37223 Observant Jews might also have problems with vaccines grown in pigs and so forth.

Bob

]]> By: Bumper https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/gwb-as-regulator-new-opt-out-conscience-rules-for-health-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-37174 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:54:01 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8035#comment-37174 When I went to college lo those many years ago at the only school to have a rough ‘n tusked pig for a mascot I seem to remember at that time there were many Muslims students matriculating there. I wonder if that has recently changed?

]]> By: Dirk D https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/gwb-as-regulator-new-opt-out-conscience-rules-for-health-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-37169 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:07:49 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8035#comment-37169 “Many live vaccines are grown in animals such as horses”

No current vaccines are grown in live animals. We do use some anti-serums from animals, including horses.

]]> By: Mark Biggar https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/gwb-as-regulator-new-opt-out-conscience-rules-for-health-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-37157 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:26:18 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8035#comment-37157 Many live vaccines are grown in animals such as horses. Suppose there was one that was best grown in pigs. Assuming that the Executive order is reversed, does that mean that a Muslim Doctor can’t refuse to administer that particular vaccine?

Some life saving transplant surgeries use pig veins, skin or cartilage as a substrate for tissue regrowth. Similar problem with Muslim Doctors.

]]> By: Secular Right » Religious-employee opt-out rights in health care https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/gwb-as-regulator-new-opt-out-conscience-rules-for-health-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-37155 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:24:44 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8035#comment-37155 […] topic, which I mentioned in passing last week, is back in the news with the announcement of an executive order by President Bush extending and entrenching the […]

]]> By: Bumper https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/gwb-as-regulator-new-opt-out-conscience-rules-for-health-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-37149 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:38:03 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8035#comment-37149 Every morning Jimmy Carter gets up and falls to his knees and thanks God for George W Bush. Academics everywhere are no doubt busy revising their lists of the worst presidents ever.

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