Late last week, the U.S. Senate voted down a proposal to ensure health care providers certain rights to refuse service on religious grounds. Religion Clause's Howard Friedman notes that this "clears the way for the Department of Health and Human Services to move ahead with its announced plans to propose repeal of the conscience regulations covering health care workers adopted in the final days of the Bush administration."
Late last week, the U.S. Senate voted down a proposal to ensure health care providers certain rights to refuse service on religious grounds. Religion Clause's Howard Friedman notes that this "clears the way for the Department of Health and Human Services to move ahead with its announced plans to propose repeal of the conscience regulations covering health care workers adopted in the final days of the Bush administration."
Offered by Sen. Tom Coburn as an amendment to the budget, the measure was defeated 56-41.
