I thought the deadline was November 1

[rolanni]

After eight years that nobody would call easy, it's nice to see that Mr. Bush is still willing to break up a little more furniture for the cause.

Excerpted from the New York Times:

WASHINGTON — A last-minute Bush administration plan to grant sweeping new protections to health care providers who oppose abortion and other procedures on religious or moral grounds has provoked a torrent of objections, including a strenuous protest from the government agency that enforces job discrimination laws.

The proposed rule would prohibit recipients of federal money from discriminating against doctors, nurses and other health care workers who refuse to perform or to assist in the performance of abortions or sterilization procedures because of their “religious beliefs or moral convictions.”

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Mr. Ishimaru and senior members of the commission staff said that neither the Department of Health and Human Services nor the White House had consulted their agency before issuing the proposed rule. The White House Office of Management and Budget received the proposal on Aug. 21 and cleared it on the same day, according to a government Web site that keeps track of the rule-making process.

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[mbarker.livejournal.com]

I think the Nov. 1 deadline was for other people to quit trying to squeeze things in. His own rules, now, they're special.