<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV><FONT color=#006666><STRONG>Obama Surgeon General Pick Regina Benjamin Wanted Docs to Learn Abortions</STRONG></FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=2><BR><STRONG><FONT color=#006666><IMG align=right src="http://www.lifenews.com/regben.jpg" width=100 height=100></FONT>Washington, DC (<A href="http://lifenews.com/" target=_blank>LifeNews.com</A>) --</STRONG> President Barack Obama named Alabama physician Regina Benjamin as the next Surgeon General of the United States. Benjamin is an African-American doctor who is known for rebuilding her medical clinic after it was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and then ravaged by fire in 2006. However, Benjamin has also urged that future physicians be trained to learn how to perform abortions. In 1990, Benjamin founded the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic to
serve the Gulf Coast fishing community of Bayou La Batre, Alabama and its 2,500 residents. She is credited with maintaining contact with patients scattered across multiple evacuation sites and having a practice that allows her to treat all incoming patients, many of whom are uninsured and get rides to the clinic from Benjamin. Benjamin became the first black physician and the youngest doctor ever elected to the American Medical Association's board. In that position, she presents some concerns for the majority of Americans who take a pro-life position on abortion. In December 1996, Benjamin spoke in favor of a vote by the AMA's governing body to "urge medical schools to expand their curriculum" to teach "more about abortion." She supported teaching doctors to do abortions in an interview with the Associated Press. "We are adopting a policy that medical school curriculum provide the legal, ethical, and psychological principles associated with abortion so
students can learn all the factors involved," she said. </FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=2><A title="http://www.lifenews.com/nat5208.html
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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title="mailto:rcdianne@yahoo.com
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Catholic League: SURGEON GENERAL PICK IS EXCELLENT</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top>--- On <B>Mon, 7/13/09, Catholic League <I><<A href="mailto:lg@catholicleague.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:lg@catholicleague.org">lg@catholicleague.org</A>></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Catholic League <<A href="mailto:lg@catholicleague.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:lg@catholicleague.org">lg@catholicleague.org</A>><BR>Subject: SURGEON GENERAL PICK IS EXCELLENT<BR>To: <A href="mailto:arthurkelly@yahoo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:arthurkelly@yahoo.com">arthurkelly@yahoo.com</A><BR>Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 3:29 PM<BR><BR>
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<H4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">SURGEON GENERAL PICK IS EXCELLENT</SPAN></H4>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Catholic League president Bill Donohue praised President Barack Obama for his selection of Dr. Regina Benjamin as the new Surgeon General:
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<P class=MsoNormal>Dr. Benjamin is an African-American Catholic public servant who has been recognized by Pope Benedict XVI: the Holy Father awarded her the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal for distinguished service. When the pope celebrated Mass in Washington, D.C. in 2008, Dr. Benjamin was there to receive his blessing. Moreover, she has also received the National Caring Award, an honor which was inspired by Mother Teresa. “Church was always a very important part of my life,” she told <EM>Catholic Digest</EM>. “I believe I am carrying on the healing ministry of Christ. I feel obligated to help continue his works.”
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<P class=MsoNormal>Kudos to President Obama and congratulations to Dr. Benjamin. She should sail through the Senate.</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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