States Expand Medical Conscience Refusals
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Lawmakers in multiple states are advancing bills to expand medical conscience protections, allowing healthcare providers to refuse services like contraception, fertility treatments, medical marijuana, and childhood vaccines based on religious or moral views. These expanded laws, already passed in five states, have real-world implications, such as a woman being turned away from a Catholic hospital for sterilization and another pregnant woman denied prenatal care. Critics worry about access, especially in rural areas, and fear drops in vaccination rates. Bills face pushback over discrimination risks, but emergency care remains protected by federal rules.
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