{"id":6834,"date":"2016-05-20T17:34:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T00:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6834"},"modified":"2018-03-06T21:38:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T05:38:09","slug":"new-obama-rule-threatens-to-force-hospitals-to-perform-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6834","title":{"rendered":"New Obama rule threatens to force hospitals to perform abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Liveaction News<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Calvin Freiburger<\/p>\n<p>President Barack Obama\u2019s Department of Health and Human Services has issued a new administrative rule that could force any hospital or health provider receiving Medicaid funding or any insurer participating in the Obamacare marketplaces to provide abortions.<\/p>\n<p>HHS\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/1557%20Summary%20(508).pdf\"> summary<\/a> says the rule\u2019s purpose is to prohibit sex discrimination in health care, which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/articles\/2016\/05\/18\/2016-11458\/nondiscrimination-in-health-programs-and-activities?utm_campaign=subscription+mailing+list&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=federalregister.gov\"> rule<\/a> defines as including \u201ctermination of pregnancy.\u201d In addition to losing Medicaid funds, violators of the rule may be faced with civil suits as well as legal action by the Justice Department, upon it taking effect on July 18. . . <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/liveactionnews.org\/new-obama-rule-threatens-to-force-hospitals-to-perform-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\">[Full Text]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liveaction News Calvin Freiburger President Barack Obama\u2019s Department of Health and Human Services has issued a new administrative rule that could force any hospital or health provider receiving Medicaid funding or any insurer participating in the Obamacare marketplaces to provide abortions. 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