Senate Defeats Conscience Amendment

On Thursday March 1 the Senate narrowly defeated an amendment to a highway transportation bill that would have allowed insurers and employers to refrain from offering health coverage of any service or item if doing so would be against their moral or religious beliefs. The so-called “conscience” amendment (S. Amdt. 1520) offered by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) to the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act (S. 1813) was tabled by a vote of 51-48. Continue reading this entry at Littler's Employee Benefits Counsel.

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