Kelly Butler

If a healthcare provider has a crisis of concience in performing duties that are part of their current role, then that provider should find another job. What gives a provider the right to impose their personal religious views upon the patient they are there to treat ? And yes, this is a matter of religion, as well as patient rights and personal liberties, as the provider should be providing all healthcare options available and facilitating the patient to be treated in accordance with the patient's wishes (including the patient's own values and religious views). This bill would also leave the door open for increased medical discrimination and malpractice - a racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise bad faith provider could decide they just don't want to give a patient appropriate care on that day, and use 'their concience' as an excuse. This would negatively impact healthcare outcomes for all NH patients, as patients scramble to learn which providers can be trusted to give them full and complete coverage for any heathcare they may need, and which ones can't. I oppose this bill, for the reasons above.