In a Department of Health and Human Services banner, a motto states that they are "improving the health, safety, and well-being of America."
If the conscience clause for health care workers is removed, numerous providers will be harmed, and their well-being definitely assaulted.
It is disturbing that a federal agency charged with "protecting" Americans would force some of its own citizens to comply with something they find morally objectionable.
Our country would be ordering them to
The patient is not harmed if a provider refuses to perform a procedure he or she finds immoral. When a provider refuses a service, the free market provides someone who will.
What is gained by removing the conscience clause? Nothing.
What is lost? Charitable contributions from religious organizations to our society.
Removing the conscience clause for health care workers limits choice. The provider no longer has the choice to follow and preserve his or her principles.
Don't we want our citizens to be moral people? Isn't that part of our well-being?
Maura Harrison
Spotsylvania