A Solution in Search of a Problem: The Department of Health and Human Services Proposes to Weaken Conscience Protections for Health Care Workers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued rules in 2011REF (2011 rule) and 2019
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued rules in 2011REF (2011 rule) and 2019
In 2019, the Trump administration issued a regulation empowering the Department of Health and Human Services to robustly enforce federal conscience-protection laws.
At the start of each new Congress, The Heritage Foundation recommends pro-life policies for Members. The following year, a progress report takes stock of policy wins, ongoing challenges, and new prospects. This is the first such report in a post-Roe America. Free from the dark shadow of Roe v. Wade, Congress cannot shrink from its role in crafting policy that carries out the government’s duty to protect the first freedom: the right to life.
Federal law has long protected people’s right to not participate in controversial health care procedures, but Biden aims to gut that.