PhotoHow, despite his precarious “family values,” has President Trump maintained his status as a darling of the religious right? Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in its Office of Civil Rights. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyFederal conscience protection laws for health care providers have developed over the past 45 years, generally focusing on the right to refuse to perform, accommodate or assist with certain services — most typically abortion — on religious or moral grounds. The Department of Health and Human Services seems to have forgotten these inclusive roots. Despite Church Amendment protections, abortion providers are often denied admitting privileges and threatened with adverse employment actions, and they face difficulty getting training.

Source: New York Times January 27, 2018 04:52 UTC