Health and Safety

The health and safety of an individual should not be compromised by the religious beliefs of another person or group.

• Medical Professionals Denying Care Based on Personal Beliefs- A patient’s health is compromised and his right to control his body is taken away when a doctor or pharmacist can deny treatment based on personal beliefs, not professional opinions.
  • Pharmacists denying emergency contraception
  • Death with dignity
  • Conscience clause
• Religious Employers Denying Healthcare Coverage Based on Personal Beliefs- An employer’s health is compromised and his right to control his body is taken away when his employer can deny adequate healthcare coverage based on personal beliefs.
  
  • Exemptions to Contraception mandate
• Religiously Based Child Abuse and Neglect- Children are put in harm’s way when the religious beliefs of an adult free them from legal obligations to protect the health and safety of a child.
  
  • Faith healing
  • Child care center exemptions
    
  • Exceptions to vaccination requirements
    
  • Child abuse reporting exemptions for clergy
• Religiously Based Health Care Policy- Government officials should rely on high quality research, not religious beliefs, when making health care policy decisions.  (stem cells, women’s health care, substance abuse treatment)
  • Stem cells
  • Women’s healthcare
  • Secular Substance abuse treatment