Here's the thread in General Discussion.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=1454370&mesg_id=1454370Here are the links to the bills in question.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2003-HB-5006http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2003-HB-5276I urge you all to write to your senators and get them to take this puppy behind the shed and shoot it.
Contact your state senator... their emails are all listed in the link below.
http://www.infomi.com/statesenate.htmlHere is the letter I sent to my state Senator, Mark Schauer.
"Dear Senator Schauer
It is my understanding that House Bills 5006 and 5276 have cleared the House of Representatives and will be making their way to you in the Senate in the form of Senate Bills 0972 and 0894. I have listed the URLs for these bills below for convenient reference.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2003-HB-5006http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2003-HB-5276These bills would allow health care professionals and health care facilities to refuse treatment to patients based on "ethical, moral, or religious grounds". The text of these bills would make it possible for health care providers to refuse to perform certain types of medical procedures and could also allow them to refuse to treat certain people or groups of people. This could allow some providers to refuse to perform transfusions or transplants; or even allow providers to refuse to treat homosexuals or other "objectionable" groups.
These bills stand opposed to general medical ethics, the Hippocratic Oath, and the democratic ideal of equal access and opportunity for all Americans.
Should this abomination of a bill be passed, it will almost certainly be vetoed by Governor Granholm, and rightly so. Still, I urge you to strongly oppose this bill with your vote and with your voice. These bills, if passed unchallenged, have the potential to open the door to injustices the likes of which we haven't seen since a cardboard sign taped above a drinking fountain read, "Whites Only". "