TAILIEUCHUNG - Refusal Laws: Dangerous for Women’s Health

If I may, I would like to finish with a request. This request is made on behalf of the members of our Society who do not speak English. I would like to ask the Society members who speak English as their first language to reduce the complexity of their conversation to a level that is easier to understand for those who do not speak English. Also, I ask members who are not native speakers of English to do their best to improve their English skills. In fact, more than 80% of our members are non- native speakers of English, yet it. | NARAL Pro-Choice America Refusal Laws Dangerous for Women s Health Refusal laws sometimes called conscience laws permit a broad range of individuals and institutions including hospitals hospital employees health-care providers employers and insurers to refuse to provide pay counsel or even refer for medical treatment. This fact sheet discusses the history of refusal laws and some of their many effects on Americans ability to access quality comprehensive health care. For more detail about each of the specific laws see the fact sheet entitled Current Refusal Laws. The Origin of Refusal Laws Refusal laws were first enacted immediately after Roe v. In response to Roe in 1973 Congress adopted an amendment named after then-Sen. Frank Church D-ID allowing individuals or entities that receive certain federal funds to refuse to provide abortion or sterilization if such services are contrary to their religious or moral In 1974 the statute was amended in a bill authorizing biomedical and behavioral research and training to include broad language stating that no individual may be required to perform or assist in performing health-care services or research activities funded by the Department of Health and Human Services HHS however the extent to which this broad language can be applied has not yet been fully determined. Following Congress lead 47 states and the District of Columbia passed laws that permit certain medical personnel health facilities and or institutions to refuse to provide abortion care 3 most of which were enacted shortly after In the years following lawmakers enacted refusal laws only in isolated circumstances. 5 Regrettably recent years have seen a resurgence of legislative activity related to refusal At the federal level in 2005 anti-choice members of Congress passed a sweeping law known as the Federal Refusal Clause 7 which permits health-care companies to refuse to comply with federal state and local laws and regulations that

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