The cases, federal and state statutes, and articles listed below pertain to healthcare professionals’ right of conscience.
Cases
Allen v. Sisters of St. Joseph, 361 F.Supp. 1212 (N.D. Tex. 1973), aff’d, 490 F.2d 81 (5th Cir. 1974)
Brownfield v. Daniel Freeman Marina Hosp., 208 Cal.App.3d 405, 256 Cal.Rptr. 240 (1989)
Chrisman v. Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, 506 F.2d 308 (9th Cir. 1974)
Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dept. of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990)
Doe v. Bellin Memorial Hosp., 479 F.2d 756 (7th Cir. 1973)
Erzinger v. Regents of Univ. of California, 137 Cal.App.3d 389, 187 Cal.Rptr. 164 (1982)
Greco v. Orange Memorial Hospital Corp., 513 F.2d 873 (5th Cir. 1975)
Harbeson v. Parke-Davis, Inc., 656 P.2d 483 (Wash. 1983) (en banc)
Hummel v. Reiss, 608 A.2d 1341 (N.J. 1992)
Jones v. Eastern Maine Medical Center, 448 F.Supp. 1156 (D. Maine 1978)
Kenny v. Ambulatory Centre of Miami, Florida, 400 So.2d 1262 (Fla.App. 1981)
Montgomery v. County of Clinton, 743 F.Supp. 1253 (W.D. Mich. 1990), aff’d, 940 F.2d 661 (6th Cir. 1991)
Morrison v. Abramovice, 253 Cal.Rptr. 530 (Ct. App. 1988)
Gray by Gray v. Romeo, 697 F.Supp. 580 (D.R.I.,1988)
Michael v. Sentara Health System, 939 F.Supp. 1220 (E.D.Va. 1996)
Shelton v. Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, 223 F.3d 220 (3rd Cir. 2000)
St. Agnes Hospital of the City of Baltimore v. Riddick, 748 F.Supp. 319 (D.Md. 1990)
Swanson v. St. John’s Lutheran Hosp., 597 P.2d 702 (Mont. 1979)
Taylor v. St. Vincent’s Hospital, 523 F.2d 75 (9th Cir. 1975)
Valley Hosp. Ass’n v. Mat-Su Coalition for Choice, 948 P.2d 963 (Alaska 1997)
Watkins v. Mercy Medical Center, 520 F.2d 894 (9th Cir. 1975)
Yang v. Sturner, 728 F.Supp. 845 (D.R.I. 1990)
Federal Statutes
42 U.S.C. § 300a-7(c)(1)
42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2
42 U.S.C. § 2000e(j)
Church Amendment to the Hill-Burton Act of July 1974
Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 1996 (ANDA)
Weldon Amendment
State Statutes
ALASKA STAT. § 18.16.0101(B)
ARK. CODE ANN.§ 20-16-601 (Michie 1991)
DEL CODE ANN. TIT. 24 § 1791 (1987)
FLA. STAT. ANN. § 458.22(5) (West 1978)
GA. CODE ANN. § 16-12-142 (Michie 1988)
HAW. REV. STAT. § 453-16 (1985)
KAN. STAT. ANN. § 65-443-4 (1985)
ME. REV. STAT. ANN. Tit. 22, § 1591 (West 1992)
MD. HEALTH-GEN. CODE ANN. § 20-214 (1990 & Supp. 1991)
MINN. STAT. ANN. §§ 145.414, 145.42 (West 1989)
MONT. CODE ANN. § 50-20-111 (1991)
NEB. REV. STAT. § 28-337 (1989)
N.J. STAT. ANN. §§ 2A-65A-1,2,3 (West 1987)
N.Y. CIV. RIGHTS LAW § 79-I (McKinney 1976)
N.D. CENT. CODE § 23-16-14 (1991)
OHIO REV. CODE ANN. § 4731.91 (Anderson 1987 & Supp. 1991)
OKLA. STAT. ANN. TIT. 63, § 1-741 (West 1984)
S.D. COD. LAWS ANN. § 34-23-12 (1988)
TENN. CODE ANN. § 39-15-204 (1987)
VA. STAT. ANN. § 18.2-75 (Michie 1975)
W.VA. CODE § 16-2F-7 (1991)
WYO. STAT. §§ 35-6-105, -106 (1988)
Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act
Articles
Heather L. Carlson, Note, Freedom at Risk: The Implications of City of Boerne v. Flores on the Merger of Catholic and Non-Catholic Hospitals, 17 ST.LOUIS U. PUB. L. REV. 157 (1997).
Lynn D. Wardle, Protecting the Rights of Conscience of Health Care Providers, 14 J. LEGAL MED. 177 (1993).
Katherine A. White, Note, Crisis of Conscience: Reconciling Religious Health Care Providers’ Beliefs and Patients’ Rights, 51 STAN.L.REV. 1703, 1733 (1999).