{"id":10755,"date":"2021-03-15T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T22:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10755"},"modified":"2021-06-01T15:57:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T22:57:21","slug":"arkansas-house-passes-medical-providers-conscience-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10755","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas House passes medical providers&#8217; conscience bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rachel Herzog<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A bill to allow healthcare workers, hospitals and insurance providers to decline to provide services that violate their conscience has passed in both chambers of the Arkansas Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senate Bill 289 by Rep. Brandt Smith, R-Jonesboro, called the &#8220;Medical Ethics and Diversity Act,&#8221; allows providers to opt out of procedures they don&#8217;t agree with based on their religious or moral beliefs. . . <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwaonline.com\/news\/2021\/mar\/15\/arkansas-house-passes-medical-providers\/\">continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette Rachel Herzog A bill to allow healthcare workers, hospitals and insurance providers to decline to provide services that violate their conscience has passed in both chambers of the Arkansas Legislature. Senate Bill 289 by Rep. Brandt Smith, R-Jonesboro, called the &#8220;Medical Ethics and Diversity Act,&#8221; allows providers to opt out of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10755\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Arkansas House passes medical providers&#8217; conscience bill&#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],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-10755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-proposed-laws","category-usa","tag-arkansas"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Arkansas House passes medical providers&#039; conscience bill - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Medical Ethics and Diversity Act has passed both houses in the Arkansas legislature but must be approved again in Senate.\" \/>\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=10755\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arkansas House passes medical providers&#039; 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