{"id":7395,"date":"2017-09-06T15:43:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T22:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7395"},"modified":"2018-03-06T13:33:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T21:33:03","slug":"u-s-bishops-other-catholic-groups-back-conscience-protection-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7395","title":{"rendered":"U.S. bishops, other Catholic groups back conscience protection bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Catholic News Service<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (CNS) &#8212; The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and 32 other organizations have signed a joint letter of support for the <em>Conscience Protection Act of 2017<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, which has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/proposed\/usa-federal-022.aspx\">House<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/proposed\/usa-federal-023.aspx\">Senate<\/a> versions, is intended to close loopholes that ignore the conscience rights of medical professionals on abortion, according to the signed letter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even many &#8216;pro-choice&#8217; Americans realize that the logic of their (opponents&#8217;) position requires them to respect a choice not to be involved in abortion,&#8221; said the letter, dated Sept. 6 and addressed to senators. . . 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The bill, which has House and Senate versions, is intended to close loopholes that ignore the conscience rights of medical professionals on abortion, according to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7395\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;U.S. bishops, other Catholic groups back conscience protection bill&#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":[46,643,9,760,295,28],"tags":[57,2607,109,3274,252,2090,2084],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-christianity-catholicism","category-news","category-proposed-laws","category-religious-freedom","category-usa","tag-alliance-defending-freedom","tag-american-college-of-pediatricians","tag-catholic-medical-association-usa","tag-national-association-of-catholic-nurses-usa","tag-national-association-of-evangelicals","tag-national-catholic-bioethics-center","tag-us-conference-of-catholic-bishops-usccb"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>U.S. bishops, other Catholic groups back conscience protection bill - 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=7395\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.S. bishops, other Catholic groups back conscience protection bill - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) &#8212; The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and 32 other organizations have signed a joint letter of support for the Conscience Protection Act of 2017. 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