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WASHINGTON, D.C.— On Tuesday, the Department of Health and Human Services rescinded, in part, a 2019 Trump-era rule that protected the conscience rights of healthcare workers. The Trump-era rule, if implemented, would have given healthcare workers the ability to seek...
“This is a no brainer here,” remarked Brooks. “This is not about ectopic pregnancy or any situation where a mother’s life is in danger. This is about elective abortion. This is about attempting to force live-saving emergency medical practitioners to... Read the whole...
By Elise McCue, The Daily Signal A Texas nurse has won religious exemptions for Department of Veterans Affairs employees nationwide opposed to participating in performing abortions, the First Liberty Institute says. Stephanie Carter filed a lawsuit...
By Wesley J. Smith The World Medical Association has published a revised “International Code of Medical Ethics” that is intended as “a canon of ethical principles for the members of the medical profession worldwide.” Most of it is fine. For example, the code states...
By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. My family and I will be on our vacation through August 27. I will occasionally add new items but for the most part we will repost “the best of the best” — the stories our readers have told us they especially liked. This post won’t be...
“Health care providers should never be forced or coerced into participating in abortion”—Rep. Chris Smith By Dave Andrusko Earlier today, National Right to Life thanked the Trump administration for release of the final HHS rule that protects individuals and health...
By Calvin Freiburger Shutterstock.com SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 6, 2019 – Pro-abortion lawmakers in the New Mexico House killed two separate bills covering three modest pro-life policies on Tuesday while sweeping pro-abortion legislation remains poised to progress...
By Wesley J. Smith As the bioethics movement’s most prominent members write stridently in favor of stripping medical professionals of conscience rights in the world’s most respected medical journals, as the New York Times shrieks in horror at the Trump...
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D. As the bioethics movement’s most prominent members write stridently in favor of stripping medical professionals of conscience rights in the world’s most respected medical journals, as the New York Times shrieks in horror at the Trump...
By Dorothy Cummings McLean OSLO, Norway, October 15, 2018 – The Norwegian Supreme Court has made history by upholding a Polish physician’s right not to dispense abortion-inducing devices. The court set a new precedent for freedom of conscience for doctors in the...