Sentences with phrase «conscience clause»

I would probably argue along those lines with respect to the freedom of conscience clause as well.

«What I did was I voted for a couple of amendments which were kind of conscience clauses for the likes of registrars and so on, which didn't get past, but that wouldn't have slowed it down at all,» he says.

Thierfelder has expressed confidence that the school's «actions ultimately will be found to be in compliance with all federal and state laws and with the U.S. Constitution», but even President Bush's (now rescinded) conscience clause protected only hospitals and healthcare workers.

The court held that the statutory conscience clause for health care providers in the Abortion Act 1967 does not apply to midwives.

However, given that both federal and New York law allow refusals by both individual providers and institutions, the substance of such conscience clauses is unlikely to be impacted.

The bill also includes new language allowing states increased access to abstinence education funding, new language directing the HHS Secretary to increase the transparency of abortion coverage within federal exchange health care plans, and new language directing HHS to quickly respond to claims filed by health care providers on conscience clause violations.

In a survey Forese submitted to the Center for Arizona Policy, he indicated that he supports conscience clauses — for example, he would be in favor of allowing a pharmacist to refuse to dispense emergency contraception if the medication interfered with the pharmacist's moral or religious beliefs.

In a survey submitted to Center for Arizona Policy, your opponent John Allen indicated that he was in favor of so - called conscience clauses that would allow pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for contraception.

In a manner familiar by now, they construe the teaching on conscience as a «conscience clause» exempting them from moral responsibility.

In the U.K., two Catholic midwives, Mary Teresa Doogan and Concepta Wood, have just won an important court case regarding the conscience clause in the Abortion Act 1967.

First, it maintains the «conscience clause» for doctors who are religiously opposed prescribing contraception.

February 18, 2011: The Obama administration revises «conscience clause» rules, maintaining the provision that allows workers to refrain from performing abortions but calling the Bush - enacted rule «unclear and potentially overbroad in scope.»

Wesley writes that conscience clauses should include this principle: «No medical professional should be forced to take, or be complicit in the taking of human life, whether of an embryo, fetus, or born member of the species.»

Each bishop will decide whether to allow the rite within each local diocese, and a conscience clause bars penalties for bishops who oppose the rite.

Indeed, when New York mayor Michael Bloomberg sought to increase accessibility to abortion by requiring that all residents in obstetrics and gynecology in New York's public hospitals receive training in pregnancy termination, the law specifically allowed doctors with religious or moral objections to opt out through a conscience clause.

However, although the pre-disestablishment marriage law has been retained for the Welsh Church, including the putative right to be married in one's parish church, that right is abrogated by the third lock, which grants a conscience clause (and immunity from suit) to clergy who refuse to perform same - sex marriages.

I am delighted that his report found that the Press Complaints Commission — which had constantly refused a conscience clause — was not fit for purpose.

«They always struck me as being a happy crowd,» he said, before acknowledging that a «conscience clause» in journalists contracts enabling them to refuse to engage in unethical behaviour was a good idea.

Hendy says the NUJ's been looking for the insertion of a «conscience clause» in contracts which lets journalists off if they're asked to do anything dodgy.

I'm fighting for a conscience clause rider on appropriations because I'm very worried about religious freedom... I can do that if Congress is put back in charge of appropriations, which we are because of this budget agreement.»

He also backed the Nation al Union of Journalists (NUJ) proposal for a conscience clause in journalists» contracts and the setting up of a whistle - blower line.

In the United States, most states do not offer a pharmacist's conscience clause, which legally permits a pharmacist to refuse to dispense contraception on moral grounds.

So, even if not protected by the conscience clause in section 4, the petitioners may still claim that, either under the Human Rights Act or under the Equality Act, their employers should have made reasonable adjustments to the requirements of the job in order to cater for their religious beliefs.

Lady Hale then went through the job description of the Labour Ward Co-ordinator and explained how most functions would not be covered by the conscience clause.

They call this a «conscience clause», which is surely a misnomer but sounds better than a «permissible discrimination» exemption.