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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has approved a regulation change that allows physicians’ assistants, nurses and midwives to perform abortions.

It will affect doctors attitudes, its bound to. the issue divides opinion amongst some patients and doctors. the british medical association has now moved to a position of neutrality on assisted dying. not all doctors agree with that stance. one of the provisions in the proposed bill is that any medical professional who did not want to be part of assisted dying procedure. you wouldnt have to do so. most will assume that theyll be a conscience clause which indeed there needs to be. but what if th...

Also encourage her to feel burdensome by how they actually talk and care for her. i think its will affect peoples attitudes and the way we live. it will affect doctors attitudes, its bound to. the issue divides opinion amongst some patients and doctors. the british medical association has now moved to a position of neutrality on assisted dying. not all doctors agree with that stance. one of the provisions in the proposed bill is that any medical professional who did not want to be part of assist...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has approved a regulation change that allows physicians’ assistants, nurses and midwives to perform abortions.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has approved a regulation change that allows physicians’ assistants, nurses and midwives to perform abortions.

Seniors. i would also add, once again, this budget has a so-called conscience clause, which says people dont have to pay for medical care they object to. this, of course, refers to the contraceptive coverage in the affordable care act, but as we heard at the supreme court last week, could include any kind of medical care a for-profit employer asks for. >> were in the middle of this, definitely not heading towards the end. nicolas, irin, great to see both of you, thank you. in april fools jokes...

Mandate? is that something that could creep into this conversation, or would they likely stay on things they agree upon? >> reporter: oh, no, theres no reason that they need to stay on things that they agree upon. it is true that the pope generally tries not to get involved in policy details of a particular country. however, the conscience clause, the obama health care is a big topic right now and its a topic that the u.s. bishops have spoken out very strongly about, so i wouldnt be surprised if...

And its not good for the state. >> well, let me ask you this, though. i want to separate out the public -- the publicity backlash and the merits of the bill. do you still think the merits of the bill are a good idea? is it good policy to expand out the kind of conscience clause to allow for this kind of discrimination in kind of the commercial sphere? >> when i voted on it, i did not look toward discrimination at all. i didnt see that in there. as the days went on after we voted, it was from con...

The contraception mandate? >> i think it had to be taken up, because as you know, there are court opinions all over the place. but i really want to make a case here. if this court is truly for individual freedom, it should think about the individual rights of the people who work in corporations all across america. it is their right to make a decision. and i dont know if youre aware of this. it surprised me to learn this originally. 50% of the people who take birth control, of the women, take it ...

Domestic presidency. in terms of the markers that have been laid down, things like the conscience clause that says roman catholic hospitals and more wont be forced to violate their faith and offend consciences but subsidizing health care services that are considered to be the taking of human life. just saying hey, look, for that waitress who is working two jobs and is being told by the federal government shes got to get this health insurance but you exempted congress, you exempted big business, ...