McDonald’s Korea Hits Record Revenue Amid Localization and Digital Innovations 
Adidas Raises 2024 Profit Outlook After Strong First Quarter 
Samsung Implements Emergency 6-Day Work Week to Combat Slowing Growth 
Huawei Unveils Pura 70 Series to Rival Apple's Dominance in China's Smartphone Arena 
PUMA and Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team Launch Crews Go Summer Collection 
United Airlines to Receive Compensation from Boeing for 737 MAX Grounding 
The Original Mouthful: McDonald's Australia Revives Legendary Big Mac Chant with a Tech Twist 
S. Korea's Beer Imports Dip Amid Tsingtao Urination Incident; Japanese Brands See Resurgence 
McDonald's Japan Teams Up with Sanrio for Exclusive Happy Meal Toys 
Burger King Announces Comeback of Its Halloumi Fries in the UK 
Naver Pay, Billboard Ink MOU for Fintech-Entertainment Services; Billboard Korea to Launch in June 
LG Electronics Eyes $1 Billion Through Bond Deal 
United Airlines Adjusts Aircraft Delivery Plans Amid Boeing Delays 
Samsung's Exynos 2500 Rumored to Eclipse Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 in Power Efficiency With 3nm SoC 
Tokyo's Iconic Starbucks Overlooking Shibuya Scramble Crossing Reopens with Fresh Design 
Samsung Touts AI as Game-Changer in Outpacing Apple with Innovative Home Appliances 
FENTY x PUMA Launches New Creeper Phatty Earth Tone Collection 
WASHINGTON, March 27, 2018 -- First Liberty Institute attorneys today submitted public comments on behalf of several religious ministries in support of new United States Health and Human Services (“HHS”) guidelines that ensure the protection of conscience rights for health care professionals.
“Without conscience protections, health care professionals across America risk discrimination for refusing to perform, facilitate, or refer for procedures that they believe are unethical,” said Stephanie Taub, Senior Counsel. “The proposed HHS rules will serve to protect the rights of healthcare professionals to uphold the tenets of the Hippocratic Oath and the ethical integrity of the medical profession.”
The comments, drafted by First Liberty attorneys on behalf of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, the National Association of Catholic Nurses, U.S.A., the Thomas More Society, and the Christian and Missionary Alliance, supports efforts by the Trump administration to ensure that twenty-five presently existing laws protecting healthcare providers are implemented and enforced by HHS. The proposed guidelines provide significant conscience protections for those who hold religious or moral objections to abortion, sterilization, or euthanasia.
According to the comment, there has been “a rise in intolerance toward individuals seeking to exercise their conscience rights and a general lack of awareness about the conscience rights of healthcare practitioners. The sharp increase in administrative complaints over the past year shows that without an administrative enforcement mechanism, coercions of conscience may continue unchecked. Administrative enforcement is necessary to ensure that existing conscience statutes carry the force of law.”
To read the comments, click here.
About First Liberty Institute
First Liberty Institute is the largest legal organization in the nation dedicated exclusively to defending religious freedom for all Americans.
To arrange an interview, contact Lacey McNiel at [email protected] or by calling 972-941-4453.
Contact: Lacey McNiel, [email protected]
Direct: 972-941-4453
