{"id":7758,"date":"2017-03-14T21:38:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T04:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7758"},"modified":"2018-03-06T19:00:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T03:00:14","slug":"bill-to-allow-doctors-to-refuse-patients-for-moral-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7758","title":{"rendered":"Bill to Allow Doctors to Refuse Patients for Moral Reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The Arkansas Traveller<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Hunter McFerrin<\/p>\n<p>Following the Arkansas Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling that the same anti-discriminatory laws must be implemented statewide, two organizations collaborated to author and introduce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/proposed\/usa-arkansas-003.aspx\">House Bill 1628<\/a>, the Healthcare Freedom of Conscience Act, which would allow health care providers to refuse treatment to patients because of a violation of conscience.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by Rep. Brandt Smith (R), Sens. Jason Rapert (R) and Linda Collins-Smith (R), HB 1628 states that its purpose is to protect physicians, health care institutions and health care providers from providing treatment to any patient if the treatment or procedure violates their consciences. . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uatrav.com\/news\/article_cb8647de-0904-11e7-a28f-d3dcd6799b41.html\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arkansas Traveller Hunter McFerrin Following the Arkansas Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling that the same anti-discriminatory laws must be implemented statewide, two organizations collaborated to author and introduce House Bill 1628, the Healthcare Freedom of Conscience Act, which would allow health care providers to refuse treatment to patients because of a violation of conscience. 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