ADF attorney, healthcare conscience clients to participate in House forum Friday
Thursday, Jul 7, 2016
WHO: Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Casey Mattox and others will join several ADF clients who have fought or are fighting in court to protect freedom of conscience for those who do not wish to perform or pay for elective abortions
WHAT: House Energy and Commerce Committee Forum on Protecting Conscience Rights, to be led by Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts, R-Pa.
WHEN: Friday, July 8, at 9 a.m. EDT
WHERE: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2123, 45 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, or watch via live video stream. (Use #NoAbortionCoercion for discussion during forum.)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Participants will discuss the importance of preventing government discrimination against doctors, nurses, hospitals, and other health care entities who refuse to participate in abortions. Participants include the following:
WHAT: House Energy and Commerce Committee Forum on Protecting Conscience Rights, to be led by Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts, R-Pa.
WHEN: Friday, July 8, at 9 a.m. EDT
WHERE: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2123, 45 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, or watch via live video stream. (Use #NoAbortionCoercion for discussion during forum.)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Participants will discuss the importance of preventing government discrimination against doctors, nurses, hospitals, and other health care entities who refuse to participate in abortions. Participants include the following:
- Casey Mattox, senior counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom
- Marie-Alberte Boursiquot, M.D., F.A.C.P., president-elect of the Catholic Medical Association, ADF intervenor client in American Civil Liberties Union v. Trinity Health Corporation
- Donna J. Harrison, M.D., executive director, American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, ADF intervenor client in American Civil Liberties Union v. Trinity Health Corporation
- Fe Vinoya, nurse, ADF client in Danquah v. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- Cathy DeCarlo (via video), nurse, ADF client in Cenzon-DeCarlo v. The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Jim Garlow, pastor, representative for ADF client in Skyline Wesleyan Church v. California Department of Managed Health Care
- Chris Lewis, pastor, representative for ADF client in Foothill Church v. Rouillard
- William J. “Bill” Cox, president, Alliance of Catholic Health Care
- Richard Doerflinger, former associate director of the secretariat of pro-life activities, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Dr. Dave Weldon, former member of Congress and author of the Weldon Amendment, which prohibits discrimination against entities that do not participate in abortion
Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization that advocates for the right of people to freely live out their faith.
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