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Kentucky Lawmakers resurrect 'conscience' bill that would let doctors refuse to treat patients
A controversial proposal that would let medical workers and insurance companies refuse to perform or pay for health care services that violate their conscience is back before the Kentucky legislature, and opponents warn it could open the door to dangerous discrimination.
The so-called conscience bill, which stalled in 2020, took its first key step toward possibly becoming law when the Senate Judiciary Committee gave it the green light Thursday, although a few senators who voted to let it advance noted they still have some questions or potential changes to consider.
People opposed to the bill told lawmakers it could make it harder for already vulnerable patients including people struggling with addiction, survivors of sexual assault, individuals who are transgender and people of color to get treatment they need because health care workers could refuse to assist them based on their personal beliefs and prejudices.
Senate Bill 83's sponsor, Sen. Stephen Meredith, R-Leitchfield, and some other Republican senators discussing the legislation Thursday indicated it does not let medical providers refuse to treat someone based on who they are as an individual.
Instead, it only allows them to refuse to provide a specific service if doing so would violate their conscience.
"The sole intent and purpose of this bill is to build a firewall of liability protection for health care providers between corporate and government intrusion in the practice of medicine, as well as potentially saving patients from themselves by allowing health care providers to practice what is truly in the best interest of their patients," Meredith said.
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https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/ky-general-assembly/2021/02/11/kentucky-conscience-bill-lets-doctors-refuse-treat-patients/6723494002/
****** Its not because of YOU I wont treat you ... its because of MY BELIEFS! What utter cruel bullshit!
****** They wail about government intrusion in the practice of medicine but look what they do to women who seek abortion, which is legal.