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Committee approves Medical Ethics Defense Act after testimony on conscience protections for clinicians
Summary
The House Health Committee approved the Medical Ethics Defense Act (HB 10‑44) by a 7–2 vote after sponsor remarks and supporting testimony from Alliance Defending Freedom.
The House Health Committee on March 12 approved House Bill 10‑44, the Medical Ethics Defense Act, by a 7–2 vote. The bill would protect doctors, nurses, pharmacists and medical students from being required to participate in non‑emergency procedures, treatments or services that conflict with their moral, ethical or religious beliefs, while maintaining that emergency‑care requirements under federal law would continue to apply.
Sponsor remarks described the measure as designed to reduce “moral injury” to clinicians and to help recruit and retain physicians. The sponsor said the bill would not permit refusals of emergency care covered by federal law…
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