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From ABC

“The Trump administration announced on Thursday a new division within the Department of Health and Human Services devoted to “conscience and religious freedom.” “Social conservatives and religious liberty leaders have anticipated conscience and religious freedom protections to come out of HHS, and the work of the new division, which will fall under the purview of the Office of Civil Rights, will likely pave the way for health care workers to refuse specific types of care, like birth control or abortion, based on their religious or conscience objections.”

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-announce-conscience-religious-freedom-division-hhs/story?id=52434480

From the Washington Post

“According to HHS, people can file complaints if ‘objected to, participated in, or refused to participate in specific medical procedures, including abortion and sterilization, and related training and research activities.’ It also covers assisted suicide.”

“The HHS Office for Civil Rights’s director, Roger Severino, told the Washington Post the division would investigate new and existing moral objection claims, and potentially engage in public education and policy making — though he didn’t include specifics.”