HHS Narrows Scope of Federal Conscientious Objection Protection
Posted Feb 19 2011 8:46am
On Friday, DHHS issued aFinal Rulethat narrows the scope of ("partially rescinds") federal conscientious objection protection for healthcare workers.
Basically, in 30 days, the scope of the regulations will be limited to the scope of the underlying statutes. Those statutes concern only abortion and sterilization. Therefore, the federal regulations will not longer cover end-of-life medical treatment. Rob Stein at theWashington Post has been closely following conscience laws for several years.
On Friday, DHHS issued a Final Rule that narrows the scope of ("partially rescinds") federal conscientious objection protection for healthcare workers.