The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has unveiled a new division meant to defend the conscience rights of medical professionals who may hold moral or religious objections to things like abortions or gender reassignment surgery, the Christian Post website reports today (January 18, 2018).
Known as the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division, the entity will exist under HHS's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and help enforce conscience rights.
OCR Director Roger Severino said in a statement today that religious freedom laws are "just empty words on paper if they aren't enforced."
Acting HHS Secretary Eric Hargan stated that the new division was part of the Trump administration's overall effort to advance religious liberty protections.
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