religious refusal laws
If You Want To Contracept, Put A Ring On It
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
March 2, 2009 - 12:42am (Print)
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Dishonesty in the Conscience Rule Debate
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
March 24, 2009 - 9:54am (Print)
If faith-based providers want to convince us that they’re interested in the dignity of their patients, they need to stop the war on medicine.
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Overwhelming Opposition Floods HHS Refusal Clause Proposal: 200,000+
by Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check
September 26, 2008 - 2:13pm (Print)
HHS is characterizing the number of comments as "higher than average" and RH Reality Check has obtained estimates from several organizations suggesting at 200,000 comments are in opposition. Don't forget the 325,000 petitions turned in before the rule was issued, as Americans attempt to prevent ideology from trumping medical science.
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President's Committee on Bioethics Debates Provider, Patient Conscience
by David J. Nolan, Catholics for Choice
September 16, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
As the deadline for public comment on the new Department of Health and Human Services refusal clause regulations nears, the President's Committee on Bioethics discussed how conscience relates to health care at its meeting last week.
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In a Clash of Consciences, We Must Protect Women's Access to Care
by Rev. Dr. Carlton W. Veazey, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
August 14, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
The Medical Right wants more expansive protections for physicians who object to providing reproductive health care services for moral or religious reasons. And they aren't stopping with abortion care and referral.
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