Christian Medical Association / Freedom2Care
Federal Policy Top Priorities - 2017
The Washington office of the Christian Medical
Association (which hosts Freedom2Care) focuses on the fundamental issues of the right to life and freedom
of faith, conscience and speech, which serve as the foundation for all other rights
and freedoms. Following are some of the top priorities for the new year:
Freedom of faith and conscience
1.
Protect
conscience rights in healthcare by restoring the conscience
protection regulation for
healthcare professionals and institutions, along with its educational outreach program.
2.
Prevent
government coercion related to abortion by passing conscience-protecting
legislation (e.g., Conscience
Protection Act - S 2927, H.R.4828; Healthcare Conscience Rights
Act - S 1919; Abortion
Non-Discrimination Act - S 50).
3.
Overturn
"transgender mandate" regulation,
which disallows medical judgment and redefines Congress' biological definition
of sex to include LGBT issues, by winning our lawsuit vs. US Dept. of HHS.
4.
Sweep
away radical federal regulations by empowering Congress (e.g.,
through the Midnight
Rules Relief Act - S.3483, HR 5982) to disapprove of federal agency
regulations that fall within 60 legislative days of a president's final
term.
Right to life
1.
Ban
abortions of developing babies at the stage in which they can feel
pain (e.g.,
Pain-Capable Unborn Child
Protection Act - S.1670; HR 36-passed).
2.
Redirect
tax dollars from abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood to
federally qualified health centers (e.g., Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition
Act - S 51, HR 217).
3.
Save
lives of babies born in an abortion (e.g., Born-Alive Abortion Survivors
Protection Act - S2066; HR 3504 passed).
Personnel
Promote
and support pro-life, pro-religious freedom individuals for key positions including:
·
Supreme
Court: new justices
·
Health
and Human Services: Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretary for
Health, Surgeon General, Assistant Secretary For Children And Families,
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Director of National Institutes of Health,
Director of faith-based office, Office of Civil Rights, Office of Global Health
Affairs.
·
White House - Domestic Policy Advisor,
director of faith-based office
·
Department
of State – AIDS Ambassador (PEPFAR), Office of International Religious
Freedom, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, faith-based
office, Office of Religion and Global Affairs.
·
US Agency
for International Development – Administrator, Asst. Admin. -
Bureau of Global Health, faith-based office.
