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by Gage Skidmore\/Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

From The New York Times:<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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President Trump on Thursday announced an expanded \u201cconscience rule\u201d to protect health care workers who oppose abortion, sterilization, assisted suicide and other medical procedures on religious or moral grounds.<\/p>\n

The rule\u00a0establishes guidelines<\/a>\u00a0for punishing health care institutions with the loss of federal funds if they fail to respect the rights of such workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust today, we finalized new protections of conscience rights for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, teachers, students and faith-based charities,\u201d Mr. Trump said in a Rose Garden event for the National Day of Prayer. \u201cThey\u2019ve been wanting to do that for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the\u00a0440-page rule<\/a>\u00a0was released, some groups said they feared the provisions were overly broad and could imperil care for patients seeking reproductive health care. They also said it could lead to discrimination against gay or transgender patients and their children, and weaken public health efforts to expand childhood vaccinations.<\/p>\n

\u2026The president foreshadowed the new rule early in his term by signing a \u201cfree speech and religious liberty<\/a>\u201d executive order.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople and organizations do not have to shed their religious beliefs simply to help others in health care,\u201d said Roger Severino, the director at the H.H.S. office for civil rights. In a conference call with reporters, he noted a series of existing laws to provide protections to those who have religious objections to delivering certain types of care. \u201cWe are giving those laws life with this regulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From the press release:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This final rule replaces a 2011 rule that has proven inadequate, and ensures that HHS implements the full set of tools appropriate for enforcing the conscience protections passed by Congress.\u00a0 These federal laws protect providers, individuals, and other health care entities from having to provide, participate in, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for, services such as abortion, sterilization, or assisted suicide.\u00a0 It also includes conscience protections with respect to advance directives.<\/p>\n

The final rule clarifies what covered entities need to do to comply with applicable conscience provisions and requires applicants for HHS federal financial assistance to provide assurances and certifications of compliance. The rule also specifies compliance obligations for covered entities, including cooperation with OCR, maintenance of records, reporting, and non-retaliation requirements.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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