Federalist Society February 16, 2023
On January 5, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) titled “Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes.” The 11-page NPRM is open for public comment for 60 days until Monday, March 6.
In its press release announcing the NPRM, HHS explains that the “[p]roposed changes would increase access to care and prevent discrimination.”
Federal Healthcare Conscience Protection Laws
HHS is charged with enforcing over two dozen federal laws that protect conscience and religious freedom rights of individuals and organizations in healthcare. Most of these laws focus on the most controversial medical interventions of abortion, sterilization, and assisted suicide, and provide protections for those who do not...
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