Unfortunately, language to protect conscience and religious freedom in the health care context was not put into the “must-pass” money bill recently adopted by the House of Representatives. However, on March 4, Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) and 66 co-sponsors introduced H.R. 940, the Health Care Conscience Rights Act, as a stand-alone bill intended to protect individuals and organizations that object to the mandatory inclusion of contraceptives and abortifacients coverage in health insurance and to protect doctors, nurses, and others against having to be complicit in abortions.