Comment on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Rule

Authors

Public Rights/Private Conscience Project, Columbia Law School

Project

Law, Rights, and Religion Project

Document Type

Document

Publication Date

3-2018

Abstract

In medical facilities across the country, doctors whose conscience would require them to perform a sterilization on a patient who requests one, offer truthful information about accessing abortion services, or provide comprehensive LGBTQ+ health care are forbidden from doing so by their employer. The conscience of such medical providers is entirely ignored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s (HHS) recently proposed rule that purports to “ensure that persons or entities” providing health care “are not subjected to certain practices or policies that violate conscience, coerce, or discriminate.” As explained in a comment submitted today by the Columbia Law School's Law, Rights, and Religion Project, HHS’s proposed rule provides conscience protection only to those whose religious views match those of the administration. The rule is therefore legally suspect.

Disciplines

Civil Rights and Discrimination | Law | Religion Law | Women's Health

Comments

Press Release

Recommended Citation

Public Rights/Private Conscience Project, Comment on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Rule, (2018).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/gender_sexuality_law/38