HHS Acts to Protect Health Care Workers’ Conscience Rights
Published: 05/13/2025
Sources:
- Department of Health and Human Services
Relevant To:
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the initiation of a compliance review of a hospital to investigate compliance with the Federal conscience protection statute known as the Church Amendments. OCR opened the review based on information that ultrasound technicians employed by the hospital allegedly faced potential termination because they have religious objections to conducting ultrasounds in abortion procedures.
The Federal health car…
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