Category: Conscience Rights

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Kelly Block, the Member of Parliament from Carlton Trail/Eagle Creek in Saskatchewan has sponsored Private Members Bill C-268: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (intimidation of health care professionals) cited as the Protection of Freedom of Conscience Act. Bill C-268 protects conscience rights for medical professionals by preventing coercion and …

By Kentucky Right to Life Are you a nurse or doctor who is increasingly concerned over the aggressive push to counsel or participate in unconscionable procedures or therapies? Are you a pro-life citizen who believes healthcare practitioners should have conscience rights? Kentucky state Sen. Stephen Meredith’s SB Bill 83 that we encourage you to support (See Legislative Alert), …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition An article by a group of Canadian physicians on conscience rights was published in the December 2020 issue of the World Medical Journal.  The article, titled “The Declaration of Geneva: Conscience, Dignity and Good Medical Practice,” starts on page 41 and emphasizes the importance of conscience rights …

By Laura Echevarria, Director of Communications and Press Secretary WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the state of California would lose over $200 million a quarter in Medicaid funding for violating federal right of conscience laws by requiring that all health care plans issued in California …

Editor’s note. This appeared on the blog of Alex Schadenberg and is reposted with permission. Dr. Leonie Herx is the past President of the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians and chair of the division of palliative medicine at Queen’s University. I’ve been practising palliative medicine for 12 years. Very easily, conscience is made to …

By Dave Andrusko WASHINGTON, D.C.— On June 12 , the Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that reverses an Obama Administration’s redefinition of sex discrimination to include “termination of pregnancy.” Under the final rule, HHS eliminates certain provisions of the 2016 Rule that …

By Dave Andrusko Yesterday NRL News Today wrote a lengthy analysis of the victory for religious freedom and the right of conscience the Supreme Court delivered in a 7-2 decision. The justices concluded that the Little Sisters of the Poor are not bound by a mandate, issued by HHS under a provision of ObamaCare, that …

Must the Little Sisters of the Poor be compelled to pay for health coverage for products and procedures they find “morally unacceptable”? “The Third Circuit’s decision guts the RFRA [Religious Freedom Restoration Act] protections of Religious Liberty and inappropriately restricts agencies from circumscribing regulation to avoid infringing on religious expression. In RFRA, Congress explicitly recognized …

By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. There is nothing that I would change about this post which ran one year ago today in NRL News Today—except to change “one year” to “two years.” We’ve written a great deal about how the Abortion Industry (and, increasingly, pro-assisted suicide forces) work unceasingly to compel medical personnel to participate …

By Dave Andrusko Among the panoply of positive actions the Trump Administration has taken, one we’ve highlighted repeatedly are the efforts HHS has taken to protect the right of conscience. The right not to be forced to comply with, or be a party to, actions that violate your conscience is not only important to us as …