STL Today, May 18, 2012 by Elizabeth Crisp JEFFERSON CITY • The Missouri Legislature wants to give employers the right to refuse to provide health care coverage for services that go against their religious or moral beliefs. The legislation, which is aimed primarily at abortion, contraception and sterilization, made it out of the Capitol today and […]
May 16, 2012
Think Progress, May 16, 2012 by Zachary Bernstein The Missouri House passed a “conscience bill” yesterday to allow health care workers to deny health care to women. Under the law, medical professionals cannot be fired or discriminated against for refusing to provide contraception or perform abortions if it conflicted with their personal views, while employers […]
May 15, 2012
RH Reality Check, May 15, 2012 by Robin Marty With the signing of a new expanded conscience clause bill in Kansas, Republican Governor Sam Brownback has now legally blessed a virtually open-ended number of situations in which “religious” workers can refuse to assist women under the guise that they believe they “may be” terminating a […]
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