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On Thursday, Acting Health and Human Services Director Eric Hargan announced a new office within the administration’s civil rights division. The Conscience and Religious Freedom Division is now tasked with handling complaints from healthcare workers who object to procedures due to religious or moral objections.
The announcement comes as President Trump addresses the anti-abortion “March for Life,” the first sitting president to do so in its 45-year history.
And with “conscience protection” laws already in place, the latest announcement elevates concerns beyond contraceptive rights and abortion to potential discrimination based on sexual orientation or other factors.
Holly Fernandez Lynch, an attorney and bioethicist and an assistant professor of medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, weighs in.
This segment is hosted by Todd Zwillich
