{"id":8651,"date":"2018-03-30T20:19:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T03:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8651"},"modified":"2018-07-13T20:23:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T03:23:10","slug":"19-state-attorneys-general-declare-opposition-to-hhs-proposed-conscientious-objection-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8651","title":{"rendered":"19 State Attorneys General Declare Opposition to HHS&#8217; Proposed Conscientious Objection Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author\"><em><strong>New York Law Journal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kristen Rasmu<\/p>\n<p>A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services proposed rule that would more vigorously protect health care providers&#8217; ability to deny coverage in certain circumstances because of moral or religious beliefs should be withdrawn, according to a coalition of state attorneys general.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed rule would strengthen the enforcement of existing regulations that allow providers to invoke conscientious objections as a basis for refusing to provide care that involves certain medical issues, including abortion, sterilization, assisted suicide and others. It also would allow individual providers to object to informing patients about their medical options or referring them to providers of those options. . . <strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/newyorklawjournal\/2018\/03\/30\/033018hhsrule\/?\">Full Text<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Law Journal Kristen Rasmu A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services proposed rule that would more vigorously protect health care providers&#8217; ability to deny coverage in certain circumstances because of moral or religious beliefs should be withdrawn, according to a coalition of state attorneys general. The proposed rule would strengthen the enforcement &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8651\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;19 State Attorneys General Declare Opposition to HHS&#8217; Proposed Conscientious Objection Rule&#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":[9,28],"tags":[122,3508,179,191,3509,2699,3510,1151,3511,1450,1974,265,1192,3512,2332,515,415,3513,360],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-usa","tag-connecticut","tag-delaware","tag-hawaii","tag-illinois","tag-iowa","tag-maine","tag-maryland","tag-massachusetts","tag-minnesota","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-mexico","tag-oregon","tag-pennsylvania","tag-rhode-island","tag-us-dept-of-health-and-human-services-hhs","tag-vermont","tag-virginia","tag-washington-dc","tag-washington-state"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>19 State Attorneys General Declare Opposition to HHS&#039; Proposed Conscientious Objection Rule - 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=8651\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"19 State Attorneys General Declare Opposition to HHS&#039; Proposed Conscientious Objection Rule - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New York Law Journal Kristen Rasmu A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services proposed rule that would more vigorously protect health care providers&#8217; ability to deny coverage in certain circumstances because of moral or religious beliefs should be withdrawn, according to a coalition of state attorneys general. 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