Refusal clauses permit a broad range of individuals and institutions - including hospitals, hospital employees, health care providers, employers, and insurers - to refuse to provide, pay, counsel or even refer for medical treatment.  Efforts in Congress and state legislatures to expand refusal clauses to preclude not only services, but information and referrals, pose serious dangers to Americans' health. 

The denial of information and health care can endanger women's health.  Science - not politics, religion or ideology - should determine health care decisions.

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