The American Civil Liberties Union and several other groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new regulation that is aimed at protecting health care workers who cite moral or religious reasons to not provide certain medical procedures, such as abortion.
Last month, President Donald Trump announced the finalization of the rule, which was first unveiled in 2018. The rule protects individuals and health care entities from unwanted involvement with services such as abortion, sterilization or assisted suicide, according to the Department of Health and Human Services, which said last month that the rule re-establishes existing protections created by Congress.
