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Provider Refusals

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Policymakers have long debated the issue of whether individuals or institutions in health care should be able to refuse to provide information or services they object to on moral or religious grounds, and if so, in what circumstances. The debate has primarily revolved around reproductive health services.

Doctors, hospitals, employers, insurance companies, pharmacies and pharmacists with religious objections to birth control create a network of obstacles women must overcome to access contraceptive drugs.

Often left out of the debate over provider refusal is a discussion of provider responsibilities. Provider responsibilities are encoded in law and professional codes of conduct, but they don't always address the issue of access to reproductive health services.

Articles

Rights vs. Responsibilities: Professional Standards and Provider Refusals

Limits of Conscientious Refusal in Reproductive Medicine - ACOG Committee on Ethics

Religion, Conscience, and Controversial Clinical Practices

Health Care Provider Refusals to Treat, Prescribe, Refer or Inform

Refusal Clauses: A Threat to Reproductive Rights

CNN's “Anderson Cooper 360” segment on health care refusals
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