On Wednesday the House
advanced legislation I sponsored to recognize and defend our individual freedom
of conscience. Our conscience serves as an internal system of self-guidance—a
private radar through which only the individual judges and discovers his or her
truest thoughts and feelings. Therefore, the ability to abide by one’s
conscience must be protected. This week my colleagues and I answered the call
of thousands of workers in the medical field who do not want to be forced to
perform or participate in procedures or research that infringe upon their
beliefs.
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HB 457 will place in law a shield for medical professionals to exercise their
conscience rights. It serves to protect them from participation in medical
procedures or research that violates their religious, moral or ethical beliefs. Major advances in the medical field and the
looming encroachment of ObamaCare are forcing health care providers to face the
daunting task of providing the best care possible while preserving their right
to follow their beliefs that they hold sacred.
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HB 457 was Third Read and Passed with an overwhelming bi-partisan vote of
116-41 and now moves to the Senate.
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