by APFLI | Oct 9, 2005 | Legislation / Court Cases
A federal court dismissed a lawsuit that sought to overturn the Weldon Amendment, a law forbidding state and local governments that receive federal funds from discriminating against health-care providers because they refuse to perform or refer patients for abortions....
by APFLI | Sep 22, 2005 | Legislation / Court Cases
Many nurses and other medical professionals are unaware that they have the legal right to refuse to participate in an abortion. Georgia law, for example, protects nurses from assisting in abortions and related procedures, if the nurse will simply notify her...
by APFLI | Aug 2, 2004 | Legislation / Court Cases
In the USA, we still have "conscience protection" so that we are NOT REQUIRED to refer for abortion. This is found in the Weldon Amendment, passed yearly by the federal legislature along with government medical funding legislation. You may remember that the...
by APFLI | Apr 21, 2004 | Legislation / Court Cases
2006 Pro-Life Nurse's Refusal to Do Abortions Leads to Chicago Hospital Policy Protecting Conscience Rights. She challenged the hospital's policy of having its staff participate in abortions; this opened the eyes of her co-workers, who never knew they...