That's right. It extends that protection to everyone that deals with patients, and makes it impossible for these "moralists" to be punished if they deliberately fuck over a patient because their conscience dictates that they should.
Not only does it protect the health care worker to the detriment of the patient, but it also prohibits a health care organization from having "discriminatory hiring practices." Talk about fucking over the OB/GYNs.
No, dear OB/GYN. You can't discriminate against a person that would refuse to schedule a patient's appointment because said patient wanted birth control. If you didn't hire them because of this, you would face sanctions by the DHHS. I wonder what the fuck they're supposed to do instead. Hire yet ANOTHER staff member? Because, that'll be great for their bottom line. I mean, its not like we have a shortage of OB/GYN's in this country. Oh wait...
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Not only does it protect the health care worker to the detriment of the patient, but it also prohibits a health care organization from having "discriminatory hiring practices." Talk about fucking over the OB/GYNs.
No, dear OB/GYN. You can't discriminate against a person that would refuse to schedule a patient's appointment because said patient wanted birth control. If you didn't hire them because of this, you would face sanctions by the DHHS. I wonder what the fuck they're supposed to do instead. Hire yet ANOTHER staff member? Because, that'll be great for their bottom line. I mean, its not like we have a shortage of OB/GYN's in this country. Oh wait...
[bangs head against wall]