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Published 12/19/2008 by Rob Stein at Wash Post Obama Administration
The Bush administration yesterday granted sweeping new protections to health workers who refuse to provide care that violates their personal beliefs, setting off an intense battle over opponents' plans to try to repeal the measure.
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