VBA Gods;

I recently created a template that uses editing restriction from the
Protect Document Task Pane.  In my code I want to be able to remove
that protection for a specific user which I can do.  The only caveat is
that I am unable to remove the Highlighted Unprotected portions of the
document.  The only way I am able to do this is through the Task Pane
by unselectting the Editing Restrictions checkbox and answering "yes"
to the dialog pop-up which asks if I want to ignore exceptions.  This
is what I want to do in the code.
 
Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance for your help