[Pflienews] PharmFacts E-News Update: Voinovich is not so pro-life as one may think
PFLI PharmAid Center
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Wed Apr 2 12:46:00 MDT 2008
*PharmFacts E-News Update -- 2 Apr 2008 AD #2
**PFLI Note: Although sponsoring this bill may be commendable, we remain
skeptical as to the depth or sincerity of the so-called "pro life"
convictions of Sen. Voinovich.
While acting as governor of OH (1991-98), Voinovich was repeatedly asked
to appoint a pro-life pharmacist to the Ohio Board of Pharmacy to fill
one of the 2 or 3 vacancies that occur yearly.
Rather than act in an area where he had significant authority and
control to effect a pro-life philosophy,
Voinovich ignored PFLI's just and legitimate requests, rather choosing
to follow the recommendations of the pro-contraception and pro-abortion
Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA), which has been traditionally hostile
and oppositional to a Pharmacist's Conscience Clause in Ohio, and
inimical to the mission of PFLI in general, e.g. attempting to shut down
its executive director when he spoke as a /bona fide/ delegate at an OPA
convention considering a Conscience Clause.
In fact, OPA's executive director, who did seem to have the ear of
then-Governor Voinovich, has blatantly and repeatedly stated the
mendacity that the late Fr Paul Marx, of Human Life International fame,
agreed with the him. Nothing could be further from the truth, states
PFLI Executive Director, Bo Kuhar, PharmD, a close collaborator and
associate of Fr Marx who often spoke at the annual HLI Conventions the
week following Easter. OPA only passed a watered down Conscience Clause
policy when faced with severe pressure by the pharmacists, the consumer
public and the near failure of SB 66, owing to OPA executive director's
rigid pro-contraception and pro-abortion sympathies.
Voinovich has never been supportive or pro-active in helping secure a
Pharmacist's Conscience Clause as an elected official in Ohio (governor,
mayor of Cleveland) nor as a US senator.
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*RIGHT TO LIFE OF GREATER CINCINNATI*
*PRO-LIFE eNEWS*
*Senators Introduce Bill to Protect Pregnant Women*
April 2, 2008--
*The Honorable George V. Voinovich*
*United States Senator*
*State of Ohio*
*36 East 7th Street**, Room 2615*
*Cincinnati**, Ohio 45202*
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*PHONE:
513-684-3265
FAX: 513-684-3269*
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For Immediate Release* *
April 1, 2008
Contact: Joel DiGrado (202)
224-4623
Garrette Silverman (202) 224-7784
Becky Ogilvie (202) 228-2107
_*Senators Introduce Bill to Protect Pregnant Women*_
*(Washington, D.C.)* - U.S. Sens. David Vitter, George Voinovich and Sam
Brownback this week introduced the Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act,
which would require physicians who perform abortions to hold admitting
privileges at a hospital that the physician can travel to in one hour or
less under average travel conditions.
"This legislation is so important because it provides common sense
qualifications for abortion providers," said Vitter, the primary author
of the bill. "As with all medical procedures, abortions carry a risk,
and doctors who provide them should, at the least, hold admitting
privileges at a hospital in close vicinity to the abortion clinic."
The bill also requires that physicians notify patients as to the
location of a hospital where they can receive follow-up care from the
physician in the event that complications arise. Further, the bill
requires that any abortion clinic that receives federal funding be
licensed and comply with current requirements relating to ambulatory
surgery centers.
The bill also provides that any physician who does not hold clinical
privileges may only perform or induce an abortion in order to avert the
imminent death of the pregnant woman.
"Patients need to be aware of the possibility of complications arising
from abortions," Vitter said. "This bill requires abortion providers to
make sure that a woman is aware of the location of the hospital at which
she can receive treatment for any complications. It is time that we
took the appropriate steps to provide for the safety of the women who
undergo abortions."
_*"We must do all that we can to restore our nation's once cherished
culture of life," Voinovich said. "I have always said if I had a magic
wand the first thing I would do is reconstitute the American family. We
will never be able to do that until we respect life - especially the
lives of the most vulnerable among us."*_
Brownback said, "While we are working toward the day when every unborn
child is welcomed and loved, we are unfortunately not there yet. The
Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act will provide oversight of the
abortion industry, which is badly in need of improved supervision. Too
many abortions are performed under unsafe conditions, and too many
women's lives are at risk. As a compassionate society, we must work to
ensure that women are adequately cared for."
"The impetus of this bill stems from the tragic circumstances of so many
women who have experienced significant health issues following
abortions," said Vitter. "Thousands of women have these stories to tell
- stories like that of Cynthia Collins, who suffered through a botched
abortion at home, after being sent away from an abortion clinic by a
doctor who offered no advice, no comfort, and no further care."
Collins now serves as the executive director of the Crisis Pregnancy
Help Center and is the Louisiana state director of Operation Outcry,
which provides assistance to women and men who have experienced the
trauma caused by abortion.
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