The Trump administration's "conscience" rule would have allowed the federal government to punish health care facilities, cities, and states more easily by taking away funds if health care workers were unable to decline performing medical procedures on the basis of moral and/or religious grounds. This rule was announced in May and is a part of Trump's larger agenda to "protect the civil rights of health care workers," despite infringing on other individuals' civil rights. Among those individuals rights that a Manhattan judge found would be violated were a woman's right to access feminine health care services. Furthermore, in the 147 page opinion, the judge found that the Department of Health and Human Services did not have the authority to make elements of the rule and to base the creation of this rule on an increase in complaints was "factually untrue". Although this specific rule will not be implemented, the conscience and religious freedom division in the Office for Civil Rights within the Health and Human Services agency will most likely continue to roll out similar rules hoping that one will pass judicial muster.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/upshot/trump-conscience-rule-overturned.html
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