{"id":10610,"date":"2021-02-13T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10610"},"modified":"2021-03-14T14:43:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T21:43:26","slug":"right-to-refuse-is-a-key-issue-in-abortion-debate-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10610","title":{"rendered":"Right to refuse is a key issue in abortion debate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Albuquerque Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dan Boyd, Dan McKay<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

SANTA FE \u2013 Discussions about abortion laws in New Mexico have always had moral and religious overtones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this year\u2019s debate at the Roundhouse over bills to repeal a long-dormant 1969 state abortion ban has also hinged on a \u201cconscience clause\u201d in the abortion statute that allows health care practitioners to decide not to participate in such procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critics of the legislation, which passed the Senate last week and could move quickly through the House, say repealing the abortion ban would lead to an exodus of health care workers, especially in rural New Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But backers claim the argument is a red herring and point to other conscience protections in state and federal law that would remain in place if the abortion law is repealed. . . continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Albuquerque Journal Dan Boyd, Dan McKay SANTA FE \u2013 Discussions about abortion laws in New Mexico have always had moral and religious overtones. But this year\u2019s debate at the Roundhouse over bills to repeal a long-dormant 1969 state abortion ban has also hinged on a \u201cconscience clause\u201d in the abortion statute that allows health care … Continue reading “Right to refuse is a key issue in abortion debate”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,7,9,28],"tags":[1974],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-10610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-law","category-news","category-usa","tag-new-mexico"],"yoast_head":"\r\nRight to refuse is a key issue in abortion debate - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Repeal of 1969 abortion law raises concern about \u201cconscience clause\u201d that allows health care practitioners to refuse to participate.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10610\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Right to refuse is a key issue in abortion debate - 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