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State Policies: Refusing to Provide Health Services


How Religious Refusals to Provide Information about Reproductive Health Services Can Violate Patient's Rights.

Across the nation, patients are being denied reproductive health services, information and referrals by institutions and individuals who believe that their religious or moral beliefs come before patients’ needs. Almost every state has a policy explicitly allowing some health care professionals or certain institutions to refuse to provide or participate in abortion, contraceptive services or sterilization services. Even in states without explicit refusal statutes, an individual health care professional’s actions may be legally protected by statutes prohibiting discrimination against employees, based on their religious objections. Read more...



The Impact of State Mandatory Counseling and Waiting Periods on Abortion


12 studies of the impact of mandatory counseling and waiting period laws.

Many states require a waiting period between the time a woman has been counseled about her abortion and the actual procedure. As of January 2009, 21 states required a mandatory waiting period of 24 hours. Read more...