HHS
Announces Final Conscience Rule Protecting Health Care Entities and
Individuals
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today the issuance of the
final conscience rule that protects individuals and health care
entities from discrimination on the basis of their exercise of
conscience in HHS-funded programs. Just as OCR enforces other civil
rights, the rule implements full and robust enforcement of
approximately 25 provisions passed by Congress protecting
longstanding conscience rights in healthcare.
The final rule fulfills President Trump’s promise to
promote and protect the fundamental and unalienable rights of
conscience and religious liberty, a promise he made when he signed
an executive order in May 2017 protecting religious liberty.
In October 2017, the Department of Justice issued guidance
encouraging other Departments, including HHS, to implement and
enforce all relevant religious freedom laws.
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