{"id":10624,"date":"2021-02-25T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T23:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10624"},"modified":"2021-03-26T17:24:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T00:24:07","slug":"house-committee-defeats-bill-to-allow-conscience-refusal-to-provide-or-pay-for-medical-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10624","title":{"rendered":"House committee defeats bill to allow \u2018conscience\u2019 refusal to provide or pay for medical services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Arkansas Times<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Max Brantely<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The House Public Health Committee today declined to endorse SB 289 which allows a medical practitioner, healthcare institution, or health insurance payer not to participate in a healthcare service that violates their conscience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vote was 8 for to 10 against, with Rep. Jim Dotson not voting and Chair Jack Ladyman abstaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An extensive presentation for the bill was followed by abbreviated public testimony, but it included heavyweight opposition from a former Supreme Court justice, UAMS and the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Testimony included support from<strong> Surgeon General Gregory Bledsoe<\/strong>, speaking individually, who opposed the legislation in 2017. Since then, he said, circumstances have changed. Bledsoe, a candidate for lieutenant governor, said he saw no problem needing a solution then. Now, he said, said he feared federal intervention to force providers to do procedures they oppose. . .  <a href=\"https:\/\/arktimes.com\/arkansas-blog\/2021\/02\/25\/house-committee-defeats-bill-to-allow-conscience-refusal-to-provide-or-pay-for-medical-services\">continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arkansas Times Max Brantely The House Public Health Committee today declined to endorse SB 289 which allows a medical practitioner, healthcare institution, or health insurance payer not to participate in a healthcare service that violates their conscience. The vote was 8 for to 10 against, with Rep. Jim Dotson not voting and Chair Jack Ladyman &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10624\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;House committee defeats bill to allow \u2018conscience\u2019 refusal to provide or pay for medical services&#8221;<\/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":[9,760,28],"tags":[423,4030],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-10624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-proposed-laws","category-usa","tag-arkansas","tag-gregory-bledsoe"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>House committee defeats bill to allow \u2018conscience\u2019 refusal to provide or pay for medical services - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"House committee rejects bill protecting freedom of conscience for medical practitioners, healthcare institutions &amp; health insurance payers\" \/>\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=10624\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"House committee defeats bill to allow \u2018conscience\u2019 refusal to provide or pay for medical services - 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