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http://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=400708 Smith to Host Press Conference on Conscience Protection Act 2017-11-06 2017 2017-11 Republican House NJ Christopher Smith S000522 chrissmith.house.gov     legacy Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) will host a press conference Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. on the Conscience Protection Act of 2017, which would uphold the conscience rights of health care providers, religious charities, and churches who are being forced to participate in or provide coverage for abortions. share: f t Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) will host a press conference Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. on the Conscience Protection Act of 2017, which would uphold the conscience rights of health care providers, religious charities, and churches who are being forced to participate in or provide coverage for abortions. Nurses who have been forced, against their religious beliefs, to participate in abortions at hospitals will also be present alongside members of Congress to tell their own stories of fighting against discriminatory health care policies, and to advocate for the passage of the Conscience Protection Act. Current federal law does not sufficiently protect the conscience rights of health care professionals and others. The act originally passed the House in 2016, and has been re-introduced in the House. Supporters are hoping to pass it as part of the appropriations bill for the 2018 fiscal year. It would bar the federal government, and any state and local governments that receive federal funding, from taking action against persons or organizations in the field of health care who conscientiously object to performing, paying for, or participating or assisting in any health procedure they find to be morally objectionable.        Who:               Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus                         Rep. Andy Harris (MD-01), member of GOP Doctors Caucus and the Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus                         Other members of Congress                         Cathy DeCarlo                         Nurse, forced against her religious beliefs to participate in late-term abortion                         Sarah Mendoza                         Nurse, threatened with loss of her job for refusing to assist with an abortion   What:              Press Conference on Conscience Protection Act   When:             Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017 10 AM   Where:            House Triangle (located outside the U.S. Capitol building on the House side) 1 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z