conscience clause

In other words, the conscience clause would not apply to Catholic hospitals or schools.

Secular state education and the conscience clause were anathema to him.

But he said the limited conscience clause does not provide adequate protection for religious employers.

As a result, the term "conscience clause" is controversial and primarily used by those who support these provisions.

An adviser said yesterday that she opposed cloning and supported a "conscience clause."

At least six states have such conscience clauses for personnel in medical-related fields.

However, conscience clauses are sometimes interpreted differently and their use will often depend on the given context.

The so-called conscience clause comes at the behest of the powerful Catholic lobby in the state.

The conscience clause was an important term in education in England throughout much of 19th century.

Conscience clauses have been adopted by a number of U.S. states.

The conscience clause would allow a hospital or doctor to refuse to provide any service on the basis of religious or moral objections.

By resolving the conscience clause issue, the bill's supporters apparently hope to move the focus of the discussion to other points of contention.

But the conscience clauses now being contemplated would extend those rights to virtually any procedure to which a hospital or a practitioner had an objection.

To be sure, the Democratic bills all include a "provider conscience clause," intended to allow hospitals and doctors to refuse to perform abortions.

The overly broad and simplistic conscience clauses now wending their way through the health-care debate are the wrong response to that change.

He also sponsored the "conscience clause," which prohibited the government from requiring church-affiliated hospitals to perform abortions.

There are some recent comprehensive reviews of federal and state conscience clause laws across the United States and in select other countries.

Rusbridger says papers should have conscience clauses to allow reporters to come off stories they feel violate their ethics.

The Obama administration has proposed reversing recent additions to the conscience clause enacted by the Bush administration.

She says she "might" consider whether a "conscience clause" should be inserted into Trinity Mirror employees' contracts.

But a homosexual councilman in support of the bill without a conscience clause stated, "I am very concerned about having religious principles impact public health policy.

And it should include a 'conscience clause' that would excuse doctors and hospitals with profound objections to abortion from having to perform them.

There is, for instance, the proliferation of "conscience clauses," which allow medical professionals to refuse to conduct procedures that they disapprove of.

The two chambers are in basic agreement on the bill's core provisions, including the narrow "conscience clause" that Mr. Bruno agreed to.

Conscience clause (medical)