Freedom of conscience

U.S. House appropriations measure blocks conscience protection rule
- Aug 4, 2020
An omnibus appropriations bill approved by the House July 31 to fund a dozen federal departments and agencies blocks a conscience protection rule for health care providers who do not want to participate in abortion, sterilization or assisted suicide on religious or moral grounds.

By Catholic News Service
Religious freedom, security, climate change top Religions for Peace agenda
- Dec 21, 2019
Religions for Peace, a coalition representing millions of believers, convened over 250 global religious peace-builders in New York to set priorities for addressing challenges faced by communities the world over, ranging from peace and security issues to environmental degradation and climate change to “freedom of thought, conscience and religion.”

By Catholic News Service
Indiana Senate OKs expanded religious objection to abortion
- Apr 2, 2019
The Indiana Senate has approved legislation allowing nurses, physician assistants and pharmacists to object on religious or other grounds to having any role in an abortion.

By Associated Press

UK bill seeks to protect conscientious objection for medical practitioners
- Mar 20, 2018
A bill in the British Parliament would clarify the rights of conscientious objection for medical professionals, protecting them from participating in medical procedures to which their beliefs are opposed.

By Catholic News Agency
New HHS department created to protect religious freedom
- Jan 19, 2018
A new division at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will work to ensure the protection of religious freedom and conscience rights for Americans, government officials announced Thursday.

By Courtney Grogan
Groups urge passage of law protecting conscientious objection to abortion
- Nov 9, 2017
The Conscience Protection Act is aimed at protecting individual physicians, nurses or other health care professionals who refuse to assist in abortions when asked to do so by their employers. According to the wording of the bill, it protects various entities, including applicants to or participants in training programs for the health professions who refuse to participate in an abortion.

By Kurt Jensen