{"id":7087,"date":"2016-07-08T15:21:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T22:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7087"},"modified":"2016-11-22T15:32:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T23:32:43","slug":"forum-on-conscience-protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7087","title":{"rendered":"Forum on Conscience Protections"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"title\">United States Congress Energy and Commerce Committee<\/h2>\n<p id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">Friday, July 8, 2016 &#8211; 9:00am<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Location:\u00a02123 Rayburn House Office Building<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>PARTICIPANTS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marie-Alberte Boursiquot<\/strong> \u2013 M.D., F.A.C.P., President-elect of the Catholic Medical Association<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/sites\/republicans.energycommerce.house.gov\/files\/documents\/114\/Boursiquot_Remarks.pdf\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Prepared remarks<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>William J. \u201cBill\u201d Cox<\/strong> \u2013 President of the Alliance of Catholic Health Care<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/sites\/republicans.energycommerce.house.gov\/files\/documents\/114\/Cox_Remarks.pdf\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Prepared remarks<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cathy DeCarlo <\/strong>\u2013 Nurse, New York<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/sites\/republicans.energycommerce.house.gov\/files\/documents\/114\/DeCarlo_Remarks.pdf\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Prepared remarks<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Richard Doerflinger \u2013 <\/strong>Former Associate Director of the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/sites\/republicans.energycommerce.house.gov\/files\/documents\/114\/Doerflinger_Remarks.pdf\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Prepared remarks<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pastor Jim Garlow<\/strong> \u2013 Skyline Church, La Mesa, California<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/sites\/republicans.energycommerce.house.gov\/files\/documents\/114\/Garlow_Remarks.pdf\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Prepared remarks<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Donna J. Harrison, M.D.<\/strong> \u2013 Executive Director of the American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians and Gynecologists<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/sites\/republicans.energycommerce.house.gov\/files\/documents\/114\/Harrison_Remarks.pdf\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Prepared remarks<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pastor Chris Lewis<\/strong> \u2013 Foothill Church, Glendora, California<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/sites\/republicans.energycommerce.house.gov\/files\/documents\/114\/Lewis_Remarks.pdf\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Prepared remarks<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Casey Mattox<\/strong> \u2013 Senior Counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/sites\/republicans.energycommerce.house.gov\/files\/documents\/114\/Mattox_Remarks.pdf\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Prepared remarks<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fe Vinoya \u2013 <\/strong>Nurse, New Jersey<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/sites\/republicans.energycommerce.house.gov\/files\/documents\/114\/Vinoya_Remarks.pdf\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Prepared remarks<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Dave Weldon<\/strong> \u2013 former Member of Congress and author of the Weldon Amendment, which was written to provide protections for entities that do not participate in abortion<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/sites\/republicans.energycommerce.house.gov\/files\/documents\/114\/Weldon_Remarks.pdf\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Prepared remarks<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PAxyn3OX4MI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United States Congress Energy and Commerce Committee Friday, July 8, 2016 &#8211; 9:00am Location:\u00a02123 Rayburn House Office Building PARTICIPANTS Marie-Alberte Boursiquot \u2013 M.D., F.A.C.P., President-elect of the Catholic Medical Association Prepared remarks William J. \u201cBill\u201d Cox \u2013 President of the Alliance of Catholic Health Care Prepared remarks Cathy DeCarlo \u2013 Nurse, New York Prepared remarks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7087\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Forum on Conscience Protections&#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":[7,9,459,295,28,29],"tags":[57,2488,3485,102,3233,109,2492,2494,2491,2493,2490,2485,2487],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-law","category-news","category-pluralism-secularism","category-religious-freedom","category-usa","category-videos","tag-alliance-defending-freedom","tag-alliance-of-catholic-health-care","tag-american-association-of-pro-life-ob-gyns","tag-casey-mattox","tag-cathy-cenzon-de-carlo","tag-catholic-medical-association-usa","tag-chris-lewis","tag-dave-weldon","tag-donna-j-harrison","tag-fe-vinoya","tag-jim-garlow","tag-marie-alberte-boursiquot","tag-william-j-cox"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Forum on Conscience Protections - 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=7087\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Forum on Conscience Protections - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"United States Congress Energy and Commerce Committee Friday, July 8, 2016 &#8211; 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