The Ministry of health and social welfare of the United States published the «Rules of conscience» for health workers, protecting the rights of professionals for moral or religious reasons do not want to provide certain health services, including such as abortion, sterilization and euthanasia.
On innovation he said Donald trump, at an event in the Rose garden on National day of prayer: «Just today, we have developed a new protecting rights of conscience for doctors, pharmacists, nurses, teachers, students, and religious charities… They wanted to get it.»
As stated in the published document, «the Rule ensures that, among other things, health workers will not be forced to abandon medical practice if they refuse to participate in actions that violate their conscience, such as abortion, sterilization, or assisted suicide. It also protects the right of various religious health care institutions to maintain their religious affiliation, beliefs and identity as part of their mission of service to others». The document notes that medical institutions that violate the rights of conscience of their employees, will lose Federal funding support.
The Director of the office of civil rights HHS Roger Severino told Reuters: «Finally, laws that prohibit government-funded discrimination of conscience and freedom of religion would apply, like any other civil rights law. This rule ensures that healthcare facilities and professionals will not be prosecuted outside of the health sector, because they refuse to participate in actions that violate their conscience, including take human life.»
Meanwhile, many noted that the provisions of the new document is too broad and may compromise the care of patients seeking reproductive health. They also said that this could lead to discrimination against gay or transgender and their children, as well as to weaken public health efforts to expand vaccination of children.
Vaneeta Gupta, President and CEO of the Leadership conference on civil rights and human rights whose objective is «the promotion and protection of the rights of all people in the United States,» demanded the abolition of these rules. «The final rule of refusing medical care HHS would seriously damage the health and welfare of many, in particular women and transgender patients. The government should protect all patients from discrimination, not to facilitate discrimination against those who are in the health care system», — quotes its words CNN.
