Chicago Daily Law Bulletin - Americans Fight Over 'Conscience Clauses'

By Patricia Manson, ChicagoLawBulletin.com

Francis J. Manion contended that abandoning sincerely held religious or moral beliefs should not be the price of taking a job.

So-called "conscience clauses" are needed because they allow health-care professionals to refuse to provide reproductive health services without risking their careers, said Manion, senior counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice in Washington, D.C. . . .

"I think it's the best conscience law in the country," Manion said of the Illinois statute. "It just needs to be enforced." . . .

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