New Conscience Regulations from the Department of Health & Human Services: Do They Strike the Right Balance Between Conscience and the Medical Profession? 4-14-11




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Summary: The protection of conscience for health care providers has, in some arguments, been pitted against the right of an individual to receive a health care product or service. This past February, the Obama Administration revised earlier conscience clause regulations enacted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the Bush Administration. What are the practical implications of these revised regulations? How will the federal government now handle complaints filed by health care providers who allege that they have been compelled to violate their moral or religious beliefs? These and other questions will be addressed by our panel of experts. Featuring Dr. M. Gregg Bloche of the Georgetown-Johns Hopkins Joint Program in Law and Public Health at Georgetown University Law Center; Dr. Farr A. Curlin of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago Medical Center; Prof. Robert A. Destro of The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law; Prof. B. Jessie Hill of Case Western Reserve University School of Law; and Prof. Mark L. Rienzi of The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law as the moderator.