Introduced
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To establish in statute the right of an individual health care provider to assert as a matter of conscience, on ethical, moral, or religious grounds, an objection to providing or participating in a health care procedure (such as abortion or abortion-inducing drugs like RU 486), and prohibit his or her employer from participating in such procedures.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one containing technical changes that do not affect its substance as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To strike out a provision authorizing conscientious objector status based on "professional" grounds, rather than on ethical, moral, or religious grounds.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To strike out a provision authorizing conscientious objector status based objections to providing a contraceptive "device".
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To strike out a provision authorizing conscientious objector status based on objections to providing a "morning after pill," defined as "a medication or combination of medications or device that prevent pregnancy by preventing ovulation or fertilization of an egg that is taken or used after sexual intercourse”.
The amendment failed 34 to 68 (details)
Passed in the House 69 to 35 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
