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Cardinal Timothy Dolan. Credit: Stephen Driscoll/CNA
CNA Staff, Dec 17, 2020 / 11:00 am (CNA).- Leading U.S. bishops applauded the Trump administration Thursday for enforcing conscience protections in health care.
At the White House on Wednesday, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Alex Azar said the agency would withhold $200 million in Medicaid funds to California over its mandate that employers cover abortions in health plans despite the objections of pro-life and Christian organizations subject to the mandate.
The administration also announced it would be enforcing another case through the HHS Office for Civil Rights on Wednesday. The Justice Department will file a lawsuit against the University of Vermont Medical Center, after a nurse was reportedly forced to assist in an abortion there, and after the hospital refused to adjust its policy to allow for conscientious opt-outs for staff opposed to abortions.
DOJ Sues University of Vermont for Violating Pro-life Conscience RightsBy Francis J. Manion16082246452951608224645295
It’s been nearly three years since a nurse in Vermont first contacted the ACLJ with what was the most blatant and horrifying account of a conscience rights’ violation we had ever heard. As we told you, our client, a surgical nurse with over ten years’ experience, worked at the University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMMC) in Burlington, Vermont. When she was originally hired, her hospital rarely, if ever, did abortions. Even so, our client and a number of other pro-life nurses made it clear that they objected to participating in any abortions on religious grounds. The surgical unit even maintained a list of objectors and – for the most part, although at times begrudgingly – honored their objections.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., December 16, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) Today, the Trump administration unveiled steps that the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) are taking to enforce federal conscience protection laws by holding California and Vermont officials accountable for anti-life discrimination.
The announcement was made during “Life Is Winning: Celebrating 4 Years of Pro-Life Accomplishments,” an event hosted by Vice President Mike Pence at the White House, highlighting the many pro-life accomplishments of the Trump administration.
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