{"id":7090,"date":"2016-07-13T15:47:30","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T22:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7090"},"modified":"2018-03-06T13:37:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T21:37:13","slug":"conscience-protection-act-passes-u-s-house-of-representatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7090","title":{"rendered":"Conscience Protection Act passes U.S. House of Representatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By a vote of\u00a0245 to 182 the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/proposed\/usa-federal-021.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Conscience Protection Act<\/a>, a bill designed to prevent government discrimination against and\u00a0 prevent the suppression of the freedom of conscience and religion of individuals or groups unwilling to provide or facilitate abortion for reasons of conscience or religion.\u00a0 The bill adds a right of action by victims, the lack of which has prevented victims from defending their freedom in court.\u00a0President Barack Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/omb\/legislative\/sap\/114\/saps304r_20160712.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">is expected to veto <\/a>the legislation. 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