{"id":1360,"date":"2012-03-30T21:31:15","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T04:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2012-03-30T21:31:15","modified_gmt":"2012-03-31T04:31:15","slug":"missouri-house-and-senate-pass-protection-of-conscience-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1360","title":{"rendered":"Missouri House and Senate pass protection of conscience bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/proposed\/usa-missouri-001.aspx\">House Bill 1541<\/a> has been passed by the Missouri House of Representatives.\u00a0 The bill defines &#8216;conscience&#8217; as &#8220;the religious, moral, or ethical principles held by a medical professional or a health care institution.&#8221;\u00a0 The bill ensures that individuals and institutions cannot be compelled to participate in a number of defined procedures or research activities to which they object for reasons of conscience, and protects them against discrimination. Meanwhile, the Missouri Senate passed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.mo.gov\/12info\/pdf-bill\/perf\/SB749.pdf\">SB749<\/a>, a bill drafted to prevent employers from being forced to provide insurance coverage for abortion, contraception or sterilization.[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emissourian.com\/news\/state\/article_29d3100c-7a61-11e1-ae72-001a4bcf887a.html\">Missourian<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Bill 1541 has been passed by the Missouri House of Representatives.\u00a0 The bill defines &#8216;conscience&#8217; as &#8220;the religious, moral, or ethical principles held by a medical professional or a health care institution.&#8221;\u00a0 The bill ensures that individuals and institutions cannot be compelled to participate in a number of defined procedures or research activities to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1360\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Missouri House and Senate pass protection of conscience bills&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,28],"tags":[242],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-1360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-usa","tag-missouri"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Missouri House and Senate pass protection of conscience bills - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\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=1360\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Missouri House and Senate pass protection of conscience bills - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"House Bill 1541 has been passed by the Missouri House of Representatives.\u00a0 The bill defines &#8216;conscience&#8217; 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