Coats–Snowe Amendment
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The Coats–Snowe Amendment is a U.S. federal conscience-protection law that shields healthcare entities and providers from being required to perform or refer for abortions contrary to their moral or religious beliefs.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coats–Snowe Amendment canonical | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal law
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conscience protection law ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
protect moral objections of health care providers regarding abortion
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protect religious objections of health care providers regarding abortion ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
health care entities
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individual health care providers ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasLegalDomain |
civil rights law
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health law ⓘ |
| legalEffect |
conditions certain federal funds on respect for abortion-related conscience rights
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prohibits discrimination against entities that decline to provide abortion services ⓘ |
| legislativeType | appropriations rider ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Dan Coats
NERFINISHED
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Olympia Snowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protects |
health care entities that refuse to pay for abortions
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health care entities that refuse to provide abortions ⓘ health care entities that refuse to refer for abortions ⓘ health care entities that refuse to train in abortion procedures ⓘ health care professionals with moral objections to abortion ⓘ health care professionals with religious objections to abortion ⓘ |
| regulates | conditions on federal funding for health care entities ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Church Amendments
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Weldon Amendment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope |
abortion provision
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abortion referrals ⓘ abortion training ⓘ payment for abortion-related services ⓘ |
| subjectOf | federal conscience protections for abortion ⓘ |
| topic |
abortion
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freedom of conscience in health care ⓘ religious liberty ⓘ |
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