The Reverend Patricia Lyons Discusses the Administration's Proposed Protection of Religious Beliefs and Moral Convictions Rule: March 26th
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Listen Now In January the Trump administration published a proposed DHHS rule titled, "Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care, Delegations of Authority." For decades the federal government, via several legislative amendments, has protected healthcare providers who object to performing, or object to assist in performing, certain medical procedures based on their freedom of conscience and religious exercise. While these protections moreover concern abortion they have been gradually expanded to include, for example, refusal to participate in assisted suicide. The proposed rule however vastly expands these protections. The administration is proposing a regulatory rule that would allow all health care personnel (as well as hospitals, labs, insurance companies and others) to refuse to provide any medical care to any person by claiming conscience, moral or religious objection. For example, a pediatrician could refuse to treat a child of gay parents or an emergency room nurse could deny providing a terminal patient end of life pain management. The proposed would also allow the health care worker to refuse to refer a patient or identify anyone or organization that in turn could refer. Critics of the proposed say the rule would effectively weaponize discrimination and professional medical associations have expressed concerns the rule would allow clinicians to violate their codes of medical ethics. These criticisms aside what is the theological basis, if any, that would legitimately allow claiming religious or moral exercise in denying health care?
The Reverend Patricia Lyons Discusses the Administration's Proposed Protection of Religious Beliefs and Moral Convictions Rule: March 26th
The Reverend Patricia Lyons Discusses the…
The Reverend Patricia Lyons Discusses the Administration's Proposed Protection of Religious Beliefs and Moral Convictions Rule: March 26th
Listen Now In January the Trump administration published a proposed DHHS rule titled, "Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care, Delegations of Authority." For decades the federal government, via several legislative amendments, has protected healthcare providers who object to performing, or object to assist in performing, certain medical procedures based on their freedom of conscience and religious exercise. While these protections moreover concern abortion they have been gradually expanded to include, for example, refusal to participate in assisted suicide. The proposed rule however vastly expands these protections. The administration is proposing a regulatory rule that would allow all health care personnel (as well as hospitals, labs, insurance companies and others) to refuse to provide any medical care to any person by claiming conscience, moral or religious objection. For example, a pediatrician could refuse to treat a child of gay parents or an emergency room nurse could deny providing a terminal patient end of life pain management. The proposed would also allow the health care worker to refuse to refer a patient or identify anyone or organization that in turn could refer. Critics of the proposed say the rule would effectively weaponize discrimination and professional medical associations have expressed concerns the rule would allow clinicians to violate their codes of medical ethics. These criticisms aside what is the theological basis, if any, that would legitimately allow claiming religious or moral exercise in denying health care?