Biden HHS Proposes New Health-Worker Religious Conscience Rule (1)

December 29, 2022, 9:50 PM UTCUpdated: December 29, 2022, 11:02 PM UTC

The Biden administration plans to make changes to a Trump-era rule that allowed health-care workers to deny care based on their religious and moral beliefs under a proposal (RIN 0945-AA18) announced Thursday.

The Trump-era rule (RIN 0945-AA10) allowed the Department of Health and Human Services to strip federal health funding from health-care facilities if they take adverse actions against workers who cite a religious or moral objection to providing care.

The HHS said in a statement that its newly proposed rule would offer up safeguards to protect against religious discrimination.

“The proposed rule strengthens protections for ...

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