CLS Supports Doctors' Right Not to Participate in Abortions

May 4, 2011

With the vote on HR 3 scheduled for this afternoon, CLS has signed onto a letter urging members of the United States House of Representatives to protect the right of doctors and nurses to refuse to participate in abortions.  HR 3 would make permanent the Hyde/Weldon protections for health care workers' rights of conscience in the abortion context.  HR 3 also would make permanent the Hyde Amendment ban on taxpayer funding of abortions.