HHS' Commitment to Protecting the Rights to Conscience and Life

As our nation celebrates the start of a New Year, this Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and your HHS Partnership Center team are celebrating the immense value of all human life—from conception to natural death (and all the beautiful, messy stages in between).
 

To that end, we'd like to share with you key actions taken to protect human life and the conscience rights of those who choose to participate in (and even those who don't) any HHS-funded program.  

Additionally, we have exciting resources for you to share with your community. Please contact us at Partnerships@HHS.gov if you have any questions about these resources, our work, and how we can assist you.

Here's to a happy, healthy, and hope-filled 2019!

HHS' Commitment to Protecting the

Rights to Conscience and Life

“Promoting the dignity of human life from conception to natural death is one of the very top priorities of President Trump’s administration. At HHS, through our work in healthcare, human services, public health, and biomedical science, we are committed to this effort. This means not just protecting human life in the administration of our programs, but also respecting the conscience rights of those who participate in HHS-funded programs. Under President Trump, HHS will continue to advance science and improve the health of Amer­icans while protecting our most fundamental freedoms: the right to life and the right of conscience.”

Alex M. Azar, II, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (full statement)
46th Annual March for Life, Jan. 18, 2019