OBGYNs
Need To Practice Their Love
President Bush offered an unexpected reason on Monday for cracking
down on frivolous medical lawsuits: "Too many OB-GYNs aren't able
to practice their love with women all across this country."
The Republican
president, long known for verbal and grammatical lapses, included
the anecdote about obstetrician gynecologists in his stump speech
attacking Democratic presidential rival Sen. John Kerry and his
running mate, Sen. John Edwards, a former trial lawyer. At a rally
of cheering supporters in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Bush made his
usual pitch for limiting "frivolous lawsuits" that he said drive
up the cost of health care and run doctors out of business.
But then he
added, "We've got an issue in America. Too many good docs are
getting out of business. Too many OBGYNs aren't able to practice
their love with women all across this country." Unfazed, Bush
went on to deride his rivals as "pro-trial lawyer," and concluded,
"I think you've got to make a choice. My opponent made his choice,
and he put him on the ticket. I made my choice. I'm for medical
liability reform now."
So basically
Bush is for keeping patients from being able to sue doctors and
the perfect example is that OBGYNs need to practice their love.