A proposed Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule may force doctors to perform abortions against their conscience, according to the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds).
Doctors deal with life-and-death moral decisions consistently, and moral decisions have long been part of the medical profession, ACPeds said.
But recent modifications to how the HHS enforces Congressional conscience laws leave doctors vulnerable to being forced to perform abortions.
“This proposed rule corrupts the practice of medicine, will hurt those who are most vulnerable, and undermines the enforcement of our federal conscience laws. Conscience rights are not second-class rights,” said Dr. Mike Artigues, the president of ACPeds, in a press release….