Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed into law on March 26 a measure that protects health care providers from discrimination if they refuse to provide medical services for religious or moral reasons.
The bill, known as the Medical Ethics and Diversity Act, states that doctors and other health care workers have the right to not participate in a health care service if it violates their conscience. The law seeks to protect the right of conscience and prevents others from discriminating against a medical practitioner who exercises his or her conscience rights.
