Comment on FR Doc # E8-19744

Federal law already gives individuals and institutions the right to refuse to provideabortions and sterilization services. This regulation goes far beyond that already on the books even though there is no record of cases where such "protections " are necessary. These regulations are dangerously encroaching on codes of ethics that professional health care workers subscribe to. They provide a climate of anarchy in situations were a high degree of discipline is required. The language used to justify these regulations "appearance of an attitude" is chilling indeed. There is no countervailing responsibility to ensure that care is delivered if the individual worker's conscience is offended. Please do not promote this proposed regulation.