Lawsuit Delays HHS Implementation Of Rule Allowing Healthcare Workers To Refuse Patients Because Jesus

June 29, 2019 Christianists, Trump Administration

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is delaying the implementation of its “conscience protection” rule until November to give the administration more time to deal with a lawsuit over the policy.

HHS announced in a court filing Saturday that the rule, which was originally scheduled to take effect July 22, would not be implemented until Nov. 22 at the earliest.

A coalition of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit against the administration in May saying the policy, which would allow health care providers to refuse to provide their services on the basis of their religious beliefs, is unconstitutional.

As you can see below, Christian hate groups are counter-suing to “protect” the rule.

Our new lawsuit aims to protect the new HHS conscience rule. https://t.co/wmxjxaG1sl @CMDANational @CMDAStudentLife @CmdaDc @cmdawest @CMDA_UMMC @cmdaphilly @SideBySideCMDA

— Freedom2Care (@Freedom2Care) June 28, 2019