Bjerke has said the bill was patterned after a law passed in 2024, through Senate Bill 1352, which allowed counselors and therapists to refuse counseling clients in support of goals, outcomes or ...

The bill protects health care workers from being “forced” to participate in treatment that violates their beliefs.

Lawmakers want to let doctors bow out of procedures that violate their beliefs. Former St. Luke’s head says the bill ...

Idaho has enacted a new law designed to protect healthcare providers from having to perform or participate in procedures that ...

Choosing to live with strong morals isn't always easy, but doing so models how to be a good, dependable person for others.

We feel psychological distress when we are compelled to act against, witness or fail to prevent actions that conflict with our moral beliefs. I find myself struggling emotionally and ethically in ...

A bill moving through the Idaho Legislature would allow doctors to opt out of procedures that violate their ethical or moral beliefs. Angela Palermo [email protected] Both supporters and ...

The Trump administration's blueprints for remaking the EPA outline 31 regulations to eliminate or significantly scale back.

moral or ethical beliefs,” according to its statement of purpose. Senators overwhelmingly supported the bill Monday. The House will now have to approve amendments before it heads to Gov.

On Monday, senators voted 28-6 in favor of House Bill 59. Presented by Sen. Carl Bjerke, R-Coeur d’Alene, the bill is known ...

If the primary motivation for opposing abortion was purely to reduce abortion rates, pro-life individuals should support all ...