US EditionLittle signs bill to let Idaho doctors refuse care if it violates beliefs
- Idaho's Republican Governor Brad Little signed House Bill 59, the Medical Ethics Defense Act, into law on March 20, 2025, after it passed with a 58-11 vote in the House and a 28-6 vote in the Senate.
- The legislation allows healthcare providers to refuse participation in procedures that conflict with their beliefs and protects them from discrimination or liability for exercising their conscience rights.
- Alliance Defending Freedom praised the act, stating it allows healthcare professionals to act according to their oath to 'do no harm.'
- Idaho's Medical Ethics Defense Act adds to similar legislation in other states that safeguard the conscience rights of healthcare professionals.
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Idaho Capital SunGov. Brad Little signs bill to let Idaho doctors refuse care if it violates beliefs
Originally published March 20 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed into law a bill that prevents health care professionals and entities from being forced to participate in nonemergency procedures that would violate their sincerely held religious or moral beliefs.
Little signs bill to let Idaho doctors refuse care if it violates beliefs
Gov. Brad Little | Facebook Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed into law a bill that prevents health care professionals and entities from being forced to participate in nonemergency procedures that would violate their sincerely held religious or moral beliefs. Sen. Carl Bjerke, R-Coeur d’Alene, and Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, co-sponsored House Bill 59, dubbed the Medical Ethics Defense Act. RELATED | Could doctors refuse to give vaccines? Idaho bill w…
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