Skip to main content

Headline Roundup January 19th, 2018

Trump Admin Creates Conscience and Religious Freedom Office

Summary from the AllSides News Team

The Trump administration announced the new Conscience and Religious Freedom Office which creates new protections for health care providers who have religious objections to certain procedures, such as abortion, transgender therapy, and assisted suicide.

Featured Coverage of this Story

Trump’s new HHS office will protect health care workers who object to abortion
Trump’s new HHS office will protect health care workers who object to abortion

Vox

News

The new β€œConscience and Religious Freedom” division is being cheered by the religious right.

Open on Vox
Trump administration creates new religious, moral protections for health workers
News

The Trump administration has created new protections for health workers who have religious and moral objections to certain procedures, such as abortion or assisted suicide.

Open on The Hill
Trump Administration Creates Office To Protect Health Care Workers From Violating Religious Convictions
News

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced Thursday it created a new division in charge of protecting health care workers so they don’t have to provide services that go against their religious or moral convictions.

Open on The Daily Caller

More headline roundups

More News about Healthcare on AllSides

News from the Left

News from the Center

News from the Right