{"id":2530,"date":"2013-04-18T20:32:28","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T20:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2530"},"modified":"2015-09-03T04:40:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T04:40:49","slug":"rights-of-conscience-must-be-preserved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2530","title":{"rendered":"Rights of conscience must be preserved"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lawmakers offer bill to protect health care workers from being forced to violate\u00a0 their moral and religious beliefs<\/h3>\n

Editorial<\/strong>
\nThe Detroit News<\/a><\/p>\n

Michigan lawmakers worried that the Obama administration is brushing over\u00a0 concerns that its health care law will trample religious freedoms have crafted\u00a0 an appropriate bill to shield workers and hospitals from being coerced into\u00a0 violating their conscience.<\/p>\n

Sen. John Moolenaar, R-Midland, introduced legislation that would offer\u00a0 conscience protections to individuals and institutions in the health care\u00a0 field. . . [Read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lawmakers offer bill to protect health care workers from being forced to violate\u00a0 their moral and religious beliefs Editorial The Detroit News Michigan lawmakers worried that the Obama administration is brushing over\u00a0 concerns that its health care law will trample religious freedoms have crafted\u00a0 an appropriate bill to shield workers and hospitals from being coerced … Continue reading “Rights of conscience must be preserved”<\/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":[4,7,28],"tags":[236],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary","category-law","category-usa","tag-michigan"],"yoast_head":"\r\nRights of conscience must be preserved - 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=2530\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rights of conscience must be preserved - 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