Showing posts with label Conscientious objection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conscientious objection. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Pharmacist Violated Sex Discrimination Ban in Refusing to Fill Prescription for Emergency Contraceptive

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 In Anderson v. Aitkin Pharmacy Services, LLC ,  (MN App., March 18, 2024), a Minnesota state appellate court held that a pharmacist violate...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

European Court: Turkey Violated Rights of Conscientious Objector

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In Kanatli v. Turkey, (ECHR, March 12, 2024) ( full text of opinion in French ), the European Court of Human Rights in a Chamber Judgment he...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Nurse Sues Clinic for Refusing to Accommodate Her Objection to Prescribing Contraceptives

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A religious discrimination lawsuit was filed last week in a Florida federal district court by a nurse-practitioner who was fired from her po...
Wednesday, January 10, 2024

HHS Adopts Rules Implementing Conscience Protections in Federal Law

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The Department of Health and Human Services has made available a 100-page Release ( full text ) titled Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience...
Thursday, July 27, 2023

Conscience Clause in Health Insurance Mandate Does Not Violate Church's Free Exercise

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In Cedar Park Assembly of God of Kirkland, Washington v. Kreidler ,  (WD WA, July 25, 2023), a Washington federal district court dismissed a...
Friday, May 12, 2023

New Florida Law Protects Conscience Rights of Health Care Providers

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 Yesterday Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1580 ( full text ) which protects conscience rights of health care providers an...
Friday, December 30, 2022

HHS Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Conscience Protections For Healthcare Providers

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released yesterday a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ( full text ) titled  Safeguarding the ...
Thursday, September 01, 2022

Nurse Sues Clinic For Violating State Conscience Protections

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Virginia state court by a Catholic nurse practitioner who was fired by a CVS Minute Clinic after she insisted ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

South Carolina Adopts Law Protecting Conscience Rights Of Health Care Personnel and Institutions

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As reported by WPDE News , on Friday South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed H4776, the Medical Ethics and Diversity Act ( full text )...
Tuesday, May 03, 2022

Suit Challenges Ohio's Health Care Conscience Law

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Suit was filed last week in an Ohio state trial court challenging ORC §4743.10 which allows health care practitioners, hospitals and insure...
Wednesday, November 03, 2021

Nurse's Religious Objections Should Have Been Accommodated Under Illinois Right of Conscience Act

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 In Rojas v. Martell , (IL Cir. Ct., Oct. 25, 2021), an Illinois state trial court held that under Illinois Healthcare Right of Conscience A...
Friday, August 20, 2021

Religious Objections To Medical College's COVID Vaccination Requirement Upheld

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In Magliulo v. Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine ,  ((WD LA, Aug. 17, 2021), a Louisiana federal district court issued a temporary ...
Monday, July 05, 2021

Ohio Enacts Conscience Protections For Medical Personnel and Institutions

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On July 1, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed  Am. Sub. House Bill 110 , Ohio's Budget bill. ( Signing ceremony .) Included in the 2438-pa...
Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Arkansas Enacts Conscience Protections For Medical Personnel

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Last Friday, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed SB289, the Medical Ethics and Diversity Act ( full text ). The law gives broad protecti...
Friday, February 26, 2021

Korea's Supreme Court Accepts Secular Conscience Objection To Military Service

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Korea JoongAng Daily reports that for the first time yesterday, Korea's Supreme Court held that a non-religious conscientious objector ...
Friday, December 18, 2020

DOJ Sues Vermont Hospital For Violating Church Amendments

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The Justice Department announced this week that it filed suit in a Vermont federal district court against the University of Vermont Medical...
Friday, April 03, 2020

New Jersey's Aid In Dying Act Is Upheld

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In Petro v. Grewal ,  (NJ Super., April 1, 2020), a New Jersey state trial court dismissed a suit challenging the constitutionality of New J...
Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Court Interprets Defenses Under Illinois RFRA and Right of Conscience Act

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In Rojas v. Martell ,  (IL App., March 6, 2020), an Illinois state appellate court answered four certified questions on the state's  Hea...
Thursday, November 21, 2019

Court Sets Aside New Health Care Conscience Rules

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In City and County of San Francisco v. Azar ,  (ND CA, Nov. 19, 2019), a California federal district court set aside rules adopted earlier t...
Thursday, November 07, 2019

Court Invalidates HHS Conscience Rules

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In State of New York v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ,  (SD NY, Nov. 6, 2019), a New York federal district court vacated a 2...