I hope we're ready for this

...and what may come later.

The Washington Post reports that President Obama's administration has proposed the removal of a clause that allows healthcare workers to refuse to perform certain procedures as a matter of conscience:

The Obama administration has begun the process of rescinding sweeping new federal protections that were granted in December to health-care workers who refuse to provide care that violates their personal, moral or religious beliefs.

The Office of Management and Budget announced this morning that it was reviewing a proposal to lift the controversial "conscience" regulation, the first step toward reversing the policy. Once the OMB has reviewed the proposal it will published in Federal Register for a 30-day public comment period.

"We are proposing rescinding the Bush rule," said an official with the Health and Human Services Department, which drafted the rule change.

Capello tip to Carl Olson.