Treat abortion and euthanasia as outside the definition of health care
What the document says“Abortion and euthanasia are not health care.”
The chapter says the Secretary must ensure that all department programs and activities are rooted in respect for innocent human life from day one until natural death, and frames this as the first of five goals for the department. Much of the rest of the chapter follows from it.
What the document actually says“Abortion and euthanasia are not health care.”
That sentence, in plain words
The book says abortion and euthanasia are not health care.
What this is about
This is the book's starting point for this chapter. It says abortion and ending life should not count as health care. Many of its other ideas follow from that.
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