Trump administration creates religious liberty division to allow doctors to opt out of abortions, transgender surgeries

Source: Washington Examiner | January 18, 2018 | Robert King

The Trump administration created a new office to help doctors and other providers to not perform services that violate their religious or moral beliefs such as abortions or transgender surgery.

Health and Human Services created a new division on religious liberty in its Office of Civil Rights. The division was created as part of a direction under President Trump’s executive order last May that called for the federal government to do more to uphold religious liberty.

“Too many of these healthcare practitioners have been bullied and discriminated against because of their religious beliefs or moral convictions,” said acting HHS Secretary Eric Hargan at an event at HHS in Washington on Thursday.

Hargan said that there are already strong laws that ensure healthcare providers do not have to provide services that would violate religious or moral beliefs.

Now those laws will be “vigorously enforced by [Office of Civil Rights],” he said.

The Office of Civil Rights is HHS’ law enforcement agency, which enforces federal laws over civil rights and conscience.

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