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Alliance of Catholic Health Care
Judge Tosses Lawsuit Attacking Federal ''Conscience Clause;'' Hospitals, Health Care Workers Can't Be Forced to Perform Abortions
April 4th, 2008
In a decision released late yesterday by the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Judge Jeffrey S. White ruled in favor of the Alliance of Catholic Health Care and a host of co-defendants and intervenors and rejected a constitutional challenge by the State of California to the Hyde-Weldon Amendment, a federal law which protects hospitals and health care workers from being forced to perform abortions. In a nine-page ruling, Judge White rejected arguments by the California Attorney General's Office and Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell that the Hyde-Weldon Amendment was an unconstitutional infringement on state sovereignty and a woman's right to an...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-04-04)
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