{"id":12942,"date":"2010-06-14T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T05:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12942"},"modified":"2023-02-03T14:15:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T22:15:31","slug":"marylands-conscience-clause-leaving-a-womans-right-to-a-health-care-providers-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12942","title":{"rendered":"Maryland’s conscience clause: leaving a woman’s right to a health care provider’s choice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maria Cirincione<\/h4>\n\n\n
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Journal of Health Care Law & Policy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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. . . Currently, ambiguities in the Maryland statute allow too much flexibility for providers in emergency rooms to refuse to provide or even inform patients about emergency contraception. This kind of state sanctioned refusal serves as the kind of government obstacle the Supreme Court has forbidden in upholding a woman’s right to bodily privacy. The Maryland legislature should act to eliminate the ambiguities in Maryland’s conscience legislation and explicitly protect a woman’s right to access emergency contraception in Maryland emergency rooms. In order to do so, the Maryland legislature should adopt the medical community’s definition for abortion that excludes emergency contraception. The new Maryland conscience statute should also provide explicit protections to patients receiving emergency room care. Physicians should be required to inform patients of emergency contraception if treatment in each particular case is medically indicated. Finally, physicians should be required to treat patients that request access to emergency contraception or to refer them to another provider who is willing to administer treatment within the effective time period of emergency contraception. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cirincione M. Maryland’s conscience clause: leaving a woman’s right to a health care provider’s choice<\/a>. J Health Care Law & Pol. 2010;13(1):171-202. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maria Cirincione ExtractConclusion. . . Currently, ambiguities in the Maryland statute allow too much flexibility for providers in emergency rooms to refuse to provide or even inform patients about emergency contraception. 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