Critics Stage Web Protest Of Obama Policy
From NextGov.com's Aliya Sternstein...
Some bloggers are using the social media tactics that President Obama has long promoted against him as they protest his proposed rule to overturn conscience protections for health care workers who refuse to participate in controversial medical procedures. "Obama obviously has championed social media for his purposes. ... We are trying to take a lesson from his toolbox and engage in that as well," said Charlotte Davis, director of strategic operations at the Heritage Foundation, a Washington think tank. Obama's proposed regulation would rescind a Bush administration rule that prohibits federal funds from going to healthcare providers that force workers to deliver services they find religiously or morally objectionable, including abortion and sterilization. The rule took effect Jan. 20.
Heritage has created a Web site, ADoctorsRight.com, with an online form letter of disapproval that visitors can modify and submit directly to the public docket by hitting "Send." The deadline for commenting on Obama's reversal is Thursday. Davis said the official Web site for submitting comments electronically, Regulations.gov, is hard to navigate. "If you go to Regulations.gov, that Web site is inherently confusing. It's a travesty, really," she said. "We have set up a system where [citizens] don't have to worry about remembering the docket number." Read the full story here.
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