Reporting today on Nov. 7, 2019 finally contains some good news for women! A Federal Judge in NY has struck down the Trump Administration’s so-called “Conscience” Law which allowed medical professionals to deny reproductive care to women on the basis of the provider’s religious beliefs.
“Today’s decision is an important victory against the Trump Administration’s cruel and unlawful attempts to roll back critical patient protections,” Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement. “Everyone is entitled to their religious beliefs, but religious beliefs do not include a license to discriminate, to deny essential care, or to cause harm to others.”
Read the entire article on Feminist.com here:
ROCK ON, SOVEREIGN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK (SDNY) !!!
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