Voila! Vanderbilt drops abortion demand.
Yes…. 300 million bucks in Federal money — could have been held back from Vanderbilt had it continued using its application form, which was worded in such a way to prevent pro-life nurses from applying to its women’s health care track.
That, and the publicity provided by the Alliance Defense fund and allied pro-lifers was a bit much for the school. This news was all over the place
Vanderbilt’s application letter has been modified so that it no longer contains the demand of nurses to provide care for women who are undergoing abortions.
Vanderbilt has been trying to save face by claiming that the letter didn’t really mean to coerce participation in the abortions themselves. (Experienced health care professionals know that it would have.)
Nursing residents should expect a hostile work environment from those who run the woman’s health care track inside of Vanderbilt, since they are the origin of that application form. They will not like having had to modify it, likely at the behest of those higher up, who could not stand this publicity, nor the thought of losing the federal grants.
Any overtly pro-life health care professional will experience some form of negative backlash in the majority of health care institutions.
People who know they should have stood up for the sanctity of human life often resent those who actually do. You’ll find some of these people in surprising places.
It doesn’t matter that Vanderbilt’s woman’s health division of the nursing school has rescinded its demand. Pro-life nurses who enter there might want to keep a lawyer on their speed dial.
Thanks to the Alliance Defense fund for attending to the Vanderbilt case, and for sharing this information.
