{"id":8653,"date":"2018-03-30T20:23:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T03:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8653"},"modified":"2018-07-13T20:30:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T03:30:56","slug":"laxalt-signs-on-to-letter-supporting-conscience-protections-for-health-workers-with-religious-objections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8653","title":{"rendered":"Laxalt signs on to letter supporting &#8220;conscience protections&#8221; for health workers with religious objections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The Nevada Independent<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Michelle Rindels<\/p>\n<p>Republican gubernatorial candidate and Attorney General Adam Laxalt has signed on to a letter supporting a new set of regulations that aims to protect health workers who don&#8217;t want to perform abortions, help transgender patients transition or take other actions because of religious or moral objections.<\/p>\n<p>Laxalt joined 16 other attorneys general in signing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/files\/epress\/files\/2018\/TX_and_AZ_comment_letter_on_conscience_protection.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the March 27 letter to Alex Azar<\/a>, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The letter lauds the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2018\/01\/26\/2018-01226\/protecting-statutory-conscience-rights-in-health-care-delegations-of-authority\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delegations of Authority<\/a>&#8221; regulations, saying it&#8217;s important to return to obeying conscience protections enacted by Congress and restore the rule of law in Washington. . . <strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/thenevadaindependent.com\/article\/laxalt-signs-on-to-letter-supporting-conscience-protections-for-health-workers-with-religious-objections\">Full Text<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nevada Independent Michelle Rindels Republican gubernatorial candidate and Attorney General Adam Laxalt has signed on to a letter supporting a new set of regulations that aims to protect health workers who don&#8217;t want to perform abortions, help transgender patients transition or take other actions because of religious or moral objections. Laxalt joined 16 other &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8653\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Laxalt signs on to letter supporting &#8220;conscience protections&#8221; for health workers with religious objections&#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":[52,73,423,3515,190,723,3516,236,257,3514,263,264,329,339,2332,3517,3518,786],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-usa","tag-alabama","tag-arizona","tag-arkansas","tag-georgia","tag-idaho","tag-indiana","tag-louisiana","tag-michigan","tag-nebraska","tag-nevada","tag-ohio","tag-oklahoma","tag-south-carolina","tag-texas","tag-us-dept-of-health-and-human-services-hhs","tag-utah","tag-west-virginia","tag-wisconsin"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Laxalt signs on to letter supporting &quot;conscience protections&quot; for health workers with religious objections - 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=8653\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Laxalt signs on to letter supporting &quot;conscience protections&quot; for health workers with religious objections - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nevada Independent Michelle Rindels Republican gubernatorial candidate and Attorney General Adam Laxalt has signed on to a letter supporting a new set of regulations that aims to protect health workers who don&#8217;t want to perform abortions, help transgender patients transition or take other actions because of religious or moral objections. 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