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Friday, August 30, 2019

Trump Administration Accuses Hospital of Forcing Nurse to Assist in Abortion

The Trump administration is threatening to pull federal funding from a Vermont hospital because of allegations that a nurse was forced to participate in what federal officials said was an abortion procedure, despite her religious objections.

The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on Wednesday announced it told the University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMC) that it had violated the law "by forcing a nurse to assist in an elective abortion procedure over the nurse’s conscience-based objections."

The agency said it has given the hospital 30 days to bring its conscience protection and staffing policies into compliance with federal law, or face the loss of federal funding.

Full story at The Hill

https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2019/08/trump-administration-accuses-hospital-of-forcing-nurse-to-assist-in-abortion.html

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