OCR Finds
the State of California Violated Federal Law in Discriminating
Against Pregnancy Resource Centers
Today
the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS) announced that it found that the State of
California violated the federal conscience protection laws known as
the
Weldon - PDF and Coats-Snowe - PDF
Amendments. This is the first time since the launch of the new
Conscience and Religious Freedom Division a year ago that OCR has
found a violation under these laws. This matter arose from complaints
filed by Sacramento Life Center, LivingWell Medical Clinic,
Pregnancy Center of the North Coast, and Confidence Pregnancy
Center alleging that California subjected them to potential fines
and discrimination for refusing to post notices referring for
abortion.
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