The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ signing of SB 444, which adds to the state law that protects conscience rights for healthcare professionals and institutions, known as the MED Act, to further protect the First Amendment rights of health care professionals by ensuring they are free to speak out against harmful practices:
“Protecting free speech rights and whistleblower protections for health care professionals is good for doctors, good for patients, and good for medicine. Patients receive the best care when doctors can speak freely and express their opinion about harmful procedures without fear of government punishment. There is a disturbing trend in our country where health care professionals like Dr. Allan Josephson and Dr. Eithan Haim are being fired or raided by armed federal agents just for raising concerns about harmful practices and advocating for medical practices that are based in biology and common sense. We thank Sen. Kim Hammer and the Arkansas legislature for their efforts to bolster protections for medical experts and Gov. Sanders for signing this critical amendment to the state MED Act. We also thank Arkansas Family Council for its unwavering commitment to protecting medical rights of conscience for health care professionals.”
- Pronunciation guide: Chafuen (CHAFF’-wen)
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