State AG Challenge To Bush Era Conscience Rules Dropped Because of Revisions

A lawsuit filed in 2009 by a coalition of state attorneys general challenging the health care provider conscience rules promulgated by the Bush administration was dropped last week.  According to BNA Daily Report for Executives, the suit originally filed by the Connecticut attorney general and then joined by others was dropped because a Feb. 18, 2011 revision of the rule has rescinded the parts of the rule which the attorneys general found objectionable. The original suit alleged that the 2008 regulation limited women's access to necessary medical services, including emergency contraception.