{"id":2442,"date":"2013-03-21T17:45:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T17:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2442"},"modified":"2018-03-05T11:39:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T19:39:44","slug":"nebraska-psychologist-opposes-freedom-of-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2442","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska psychologist opposes freedom of conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. William Spaulding, a former president of the Nebraska Psychological Association, has criticized the proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/proposed\/usa-nebraska-002.aspx\">Health Care Freedom of Conscience Act<\/a> because it does not force health care workers to refer for services or procedures to which they object for reasons of conscience.\u00a0 The bill requires an objector to disclose that moral or religious beliefs prevent him from providing treatment so that the patient can seek assistance elsewhere, but does not force them to assist patients to find someone willing to provide the contested service.<\/p>\n<p>Spaulding claims that an objector may\u00a0refuse to treat a distraught patient who is involved in homosexual activity or who has homosexual inclinations by saying, &#8220;I have a religious belief against you and you have a moral\u00a0problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He refuses a compromise by which patients are provided a general list of alternative practitioners without specific referral to someone willing to affirm and support homosexuality, asserting, &#8220;Compromising on prejudice is not a compromise.\u201d [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.starherald.com\/news\/local_news\/psychologists-say-conscience-bill-allows-negligence\/article_d0959990-8d21-11e2-b09e-0019bb2963f4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Herald<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. William Spaulding, a former president of the Nebraska Psychological Association, has criticized the proposed Health Care Freedom of Conscience Act because it does not force health care workers to refer for services or procedures to which they object for reasons of conscience.\u00a0 The bill requires an objector to disclose that moral or religious beliefs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2442\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nebraska psychologist opposes freedom of conscience&#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":[5,9,28],"tags":[257,440,293],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics","category-news","category-usa","tag-nebraska","tag-psychologists","tag-referral"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Nebraska psychologist opposes freedom of conscience - 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