{"id":10504,"date":"2013-03-05T13:02:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T20:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/?p=10504"},"modified":"2014-12-29T20:12:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T03:12:50","slug":"representative-diane-black-introduces-the-health-care-conscience-protection-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2013\/03\/representative-diane-black-introduces-the-health-care-conscience-protection-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Representative Diane Black Introduces the Health Care Conscience Protection Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Representative Diane Black (R-TN), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) and John Fleming, MD (R-LA) announced that they will introduce the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HCCRA.)<\/p>\n

It is bill number HR 940.<\/p>\n

According to Rep Black\u2019s website<\/a>, HR 940, \u201coffers reprieve from ongoing violations of our First Amendment, including full exemption from the Obama Administration\u2019s Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate and conscience protection for individuals and health care entities that refuse to provide, pay for, or refer patients to abortion providers because of their deeply-held, reasoned beliefs. HCCRA has 50 original co-sponsors.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Representative Black allowed individuals who have been harmed by the government\u2019s attacks on freedom of religion to speak at the press conference announcing this bill. They were:<\/p>\n

Cathy Cenzon-DeCarlo, RN \u2013 New York State nurse who filed suit after her freedom to serve patients according to her conscience was violated. For more information, click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Susan Elliott, PhD, Director and Professor at Biola University Nursing Department. For more information, click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Christine Ketterhagen, Co-Owner\/Board Member of Hercules Industries, Inc.; Andy Newland, President of Hercules Industries; Bill Newland, Chairman of the Board of Hercules Industries. For more information, click\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sister Jane Marie Klein, OSF, Chairperson of the Board of Franciscan Alliance, Inc. (in Mishawaka, IN). Franciscan Alliance is a co-plaintiff with the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.<\/p>\n

Representative Black\u2019s website<\/a> included the following provisions in the Health Care Conscience Act:<\/p>\n

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HHS Mandate:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Under the health care coverage mandate issued on August 3, 2011, widely known as the HHS mandate, organizations and their managers are now facing potentially ruinous financial penalties for exercising their First Amendment rights, as protected by law. Hobby Lobby, a family business that was denied injunctive relief from the mandate and faces fines of up to $1.3 million dollars a day, unless its owners agree to fund potentially abortion-inducing drugs. If Hobby Lobby is forced to close its doors, some 25,000 jobs nationwide may disappear. The Obama Administration\u2019s HHS mandate exemption only includes houses of worship and does not account for the thousands of religious and non-religious affiliated employers that find it a moral hazard to cover sterilization, contraception and potentially abortion-inducing drugs on their employer-based health insurance. Ultimately, the so-called \u201caccommodation\u201d does not protect anyone\u2019s religious rights, because all companies and organizations will still be forced to provide insurance coverage that includes services which conflict with their religious convictions. The HCCRA would address this violation of our First Amendment rights by providing a full exemption for all those whose religious beliefs run counter to the Administration\u2019s HHS mandate.<\/p>\n

Abortion Non-Discrimination:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The HCCRA also protects institutions and individuals from forced or coerced participation in abortion.\u00a0 In recent years there have been several examples of nurses being told they must participate in abortions. There have also been efforts to require Catholic Hospitals to do abortions, and a Catholic social service provider was denied a grant to assist victims of human trafficking on the basis of their pro-life convictions.\u00a0 The HCCRA codifies and clarifies the appropriations provision known as the Hyde\u2010Weldon conscience clause. This is accomplished by adding the protections for health care entities that refuse to provide, pay for, or refer for abortion to the section of the Public Health Service Act known as the Coats Amendment. It also adds the option of judicial recourse for victims whose rights have been violated under the HCCRA, Coats, or the conscience clauses known as the Church amendments.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You can call your Congresspeople at 202-224-3121. Or you can find their email addresses here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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