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The Bush administration is still compromising access to health care.

Despite vocal protests from legislators, advocates and doctors, the administration has officially proposed regulations that could drastically reduce access comprehensive, unbiased health care across the country.

These regulations could expand the right of individuals– not just doctors and nurses – to refuse to participate in or even provide information about medical care that does not fit with their ideology.

The NYCLU and ACLU have worked diligently to maintain a balance between religious freedom and patients’ ability to obtain health care. But these regulations appear to take patients' needs out of the equation.

We cannot allow the Bush Administration to once again put politics and ideology ahead of our ability to get the health care we need.

Abortion and contraception may be the obvious targets of these regulations, but the language is so broad that almost any kind of health care could be affected. Go to the "What's at Stake" page to see how they could affect you.

At a time when more and more Americans are either uninsured or struggling with the soaring costs of health care, the federal government should be expanding access to important health services, not interfering in programs that have successfully provided services for years.

Please personalize and submit the comments below and express your concerns. We must let Secretary Leavitt and the Bush Administration know that these regulations are the wrong move for our country and our health care system. Our diverse voices are powerful. Act Now!

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