I am emailing you today to ask that you pass a Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act in the NC General Assembly this session. Every American has their Constitutional right to operate according to their moral, ethical, and religious beliefs, and medical professionals are no different. There has been an attack on the ethics and personal beliefs of medical professionals, driving out doctors, nurses and other entities from medical practice, and this bill would shield them from discrimination while stopping the hemorrhage of people leaving the profession. The Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act : - Establishes the right of a medical practitioner, healthcare institution or healthcare payer not to participate in or pay for any medical procedure or service that violates, his, her or its conscience. - Protects medical practitioners and institutions from lawsuits or criminal changes for exercising their right of conscience. - It ensures that a doctor or nurse cannot be fired, demoted or otherwise discriminated against by their employer for declining to participate in a procedure that violates his or her conscience. - Ensures that religious organizations will be able to make personnel decisions within the context of their belief system in order to continue to fulfill their religious missions. - Enhances patient care by protecting whistleblowers who report violations of laws or medical ethics. - Provides a private right of action for any party harmed by violations of the MED Act. The MED Act is a simple and reasonable protection for our healthcare heroes in the face of attacks from the government, health care agencies and medical schools. For more reasons on why I support the MED Act, please visit ncvalues.org/med-act#brief. I hope you consider supporting a MED Act. Thank you.

I am emailing you today to ask that you pass a Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act in the NC General Assembly this session. Every American has their Constitutional right to operate according to their moral, ethical, and religious beliefs, and medical professionals are no different. There has been an attack on the ethics and personal beliefs of medical professionals, driving out doctors, nurses and other entities from medical practice, and this bill would shield them from discrimination while stopping the hemorrhage of people leaving the profession. The Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act : - Establishes the right of a medical practitioner, healthcare institution or healthcare payer not to participate in or pay for any medical procedure or service that violates, his, her or its conscience. - Protects medical practitioners and institutions from lawsuits or criminal changes for exercising their right of conscience. - It ensures that a doctor or nurse cannot be fired, demoted or otherwise discriminated against by their employer for declining to participate in a procedure that violates his or her conscience. - Ensures that religious organizations will be able to make personnel decisions within the context of their belief system in order to continue to fulfill their religious missions. - Enhances patient care by protecting whistleblowers who report violations of laws or medical ethics. - Provides a private right of action for any party harmed by violations of the MED Act. The MED Act is a simple and reasonable protection for our healthcare heroes in the face of attacks from the government, health care agencies and medical schools. For more reasons on why I support the MED Act, please visit ncvalues.org/med-act#brief. I hope you consider supporting a MED Act. Thank you.

I am emailing you today to ask that you pass a Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act in the NC General Assembly this session. Every American has their Constitutional right to operate according to their moral, ethical, and religious beliefs, and medical professionals are no different. There has been an attack on the ethics and personal beliefs of medical professionals, driving out doctors, nurses and other entities from medical practice, and this bill would shield them from discrimination while stopping the hemorrhage of people leaving the profession. The Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act : - Establishes the right of a medical practitioner, healthcare institution or healthcare payer not to participate in or pay for any medical procedure or service that violates, his, her or its conscience. - Protects medical practitioners and institutions from lawsuits or criminal changes for exercising their right of conscience. - It ensures that a doctor or nurse cannot be fired, demoted or otherwise discriminated against by their employer for declining to participate in a procedure that violates his or her conscience. - Ensures that religious organizations will be able to make personnel decisions within the context of their belief system in order to continue to fulfill their religious missions. - Enhances patient care by protecting whistleblowers who report violations of laws or medical ethics. - Provides a private right of action for any party harmed by violations of the MED Act. The MED Act is a simple and reasonable protection for our healthcare heroes in the face of attacks from the government, health care agencies and medical schools. For more reasons on why I support the MED Act, please visit ncvalues.org/med-act#brief. I hope you consider supporting a MED Act. Thank you.

I am emailing you today to ask that you pass a Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act in the NC General Assembly this session. Every American has their Constitutional right to operate according to their moral, ethical, and religious beliefs, and medical professionals are no different. There has been an attack on the ethics and personal beliefs of medical professionals, driving out doctors, nurses and other entities from medical practice, and this bill would shield them from discrimination while stopping the hemorrhage of people leaving the profession. The Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act : - Establishes the right of a medical practitioner, healthcare institution or healthcare payer not to participate in or pay for any medical procedure or service that violates, his, her or its conscience. - Protects medical practitioners and institutions from lawsuits or criminal changes for exercising their right of conscience. - It ensures that a doctor or nurse cannot be fired, demoted or otherwise discriminated against by their employer for declining to participate in a procedure that violates his or her conscience. - Ensures that religious organizations will be able to make personnel decisions within the context of their belief system in order to continue to fulfill their religious missions. - Enhances patient care by protecting whistleblowers who report violations of laws or medical ethics. - Provides a private right of action for any party harmed by violations of the MED Act. The MED Act is a simple and reasonable protection for our healthcare heroes in the face of attacks from the government, health care agencies and medical schools. For more reasons on why I support the MED Act, please visit ncvalues.org/med-act#brief. I hope you consider supporting a MED Act. Thank you.

I am emailing you today to ask that you pass a Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act in the NC General Assembly this session. Every American has their Constitutional right to operate according to their moral, ethical, and religious beliefs, and medical professionals are no different. There has been an attack on the ethics and personal beliefs of medical professionals, driving out doctors, nurses and other entities from medical practice, and this bill would shield them from discrimination while stopping the hemorrhage of people leaving the profession. The Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act : - Establishes the right of a medical practitioner, healthcare institution or healthcare payer not to participate in or pay for any medical procedure or service that violates, his, her or its conscience. - Protects medical practitioners and institutions from lawsuits or criminal changes for exercising their right of conscience. - It ensures that a doctor or nurse cannot be fired, demoted or otherwise discriminated against by their employer for declining to participate in a procedure that violates his or her conscience. - Ensures that religious organizations will be able to make personnel decisions within the context of their belief system in order to continue to fulfill their religious missions. - Enhances patient care by protecting whistleblowers who report violations of laws or medical ethics. - Provides a private right of action for any party harmed by violations of the MED Act. The MED Act is a simple and reasonable protection for our healthcare heroes in the face of attacks from the government, health care agencies and medical schools. For more reasons on why I support the MED Act, please visit ncvalues.org/med-act#brief. I hope you consider supporting a MED Act. Thank you.

I am emailing you today to ask that you pass a Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act in the NC General Assembly this session. Every American has their Constitutional right to operate according to their moral, ethical, and religious beliefs, and medical professionals are no different. There has been an attack on the ethics and personal beliefs of medical professionals, driving out doctors, nurses and other entities from medical practice, and this bill would shield them from discrimination while stopping the hemorrhage of people leaving the profession. The Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act : - Establishes the right of a medical practitioner, healthcare institution or healthcare payer not to participate in or pay for any medical procedure or service that violates, his, her or its conscience. - Protects medical practitioners and institutions from lawsuits or criminal changes for exercising their right of conscience. - It ensures that a doctor or nurse cannot be fired, demoted or otherwise discriminated against by their employer for declining to participate in a procedure that violates his or her conscience. - Ensures that religious organizations will be able to make personnel decisions within the context of their belief system in order to continue to fulfill their religious missions. - Enhances patient care by protecting whistleblowers who report violations of laws or medical ethics. - Provides a private right of action for any party harmed by violations of the MED Act. The MED Act is a simple and reasonable protection for our healthcare heroes in the face of attacks from the government, health care agencies and medical schools. For more reasons on why I support the MED Act, please visit ncvalues.org/med-act#brief. I hope you consider supporting a MED Act. Thank you.

I am emailing you today to ask that you pass a Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act in the NC General Assembly this session. Every American has their Constitutional right to operate according to their moral, ethical, and religious beliefs, and medical professionals are no different. There has been an attack on the ethics and personal beliefs of medical professionals, driving out doctors, nurses and other entities from medical practice, and this bill would shield them from discrimination while stopping the hemorrhage of people leaving the profession. The Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act : - Establishes the right of a medical practitioner, healthcare institution or healthcare payer not to participate in or pay for any medical procedure or service that violates, his, her or its conscience. - Protects medical practitioners and institutions from lawsuits or criminal changes for exercising their right of conscience. - It ensures that a doctor or nurse cannot be fired, demoted or otherwise discriminated against by their employer for declining to participate in a procedure that violates his or her conscience. - Ensures that religious organizations will be able to make personnel decisions within the context of their belief system in order to continue to fulfill their religious missions. - Enhances patient care by protecting whistleblowers who report violations of laws or medical ethics. - Provides a private right of action for any party harmed by violations of the MED Act. The MED Act is a simple and reasonable protection for our healthcare heroes in the face of attacks from the government, health care agencies and medical schools. For more reasons on why I support the MED Act, please visit ncvalues.org/med-act#brief. I hope you consider supporting a MED Act. Thank you.

I am emailing you today to ask that you pass a Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act in the NC General Assembly this session. Every American has their Constitutional right to operate according to their moral, ethical, and religious beliefs, and medical professionals are no different. There has been an attack on the ethics and personal beliefs of medical professionals, driving out doctors, nurses and other entities from medical practice, and this bill would shield them from discrimination while stopping the hemorrhage of people leaving the profession. The Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act : - Establishes the right of a medical practitioner, healthcare institution or healthcare payer not to participate in or pay for any medical procedure or service that violates, his, her or its conscience. - Protects medical practitioners and institutions from lawsuits or criminal changes for exercising their right of conscience. - It ensures that a doctor or nurse cannot be fired, demoted or otherwise discriminated against by their employer for declining to participate in a procedure that violates his or her conscience. - Ensures that religious organizations will be able to make personnel decisions within the context of their belief system in order to continue to fulfill their religious missions. - Enhances patient care by protecting whistleblowers who report violations of laws or medical ethics. - Provides a private right of action for any party harmed by violations of the MED Act. The MED Act is a simple and reasonable protection for our healthcare heroes in the face of attacks from the government, health care agencies and medical schools. For more reasons on why I support the MED Act, please visit ncvalues.org/med-act#brief. I hope you consider supporting a MED Act. Thank you.

I am emailing you today to ask that you pass a Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act in the NC General Assembly this session. Every American has their Constitutional right to operate according to their moral, ethical, and religious beliefs, and medical professionals are no different. There has been an attack on the ethics and personal beliefs of medical professionals, driving out doctors, nurses and other entities from medical practice, and this bill would shield them from discrimination while stopping the hemorrhage of people leaving the profession. The Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act : - Establishes the right of a medical practitioner, healthcare institution or healthcare payer not to participate in or pay for any medical procedure or service that violates, his, her or its conscience. - Protects medical practitioners and institutions from lawsuits or criminal changes for exercising their right of conscience. - It ensures that a doctor or nurse cannot be fired, demoted or otherwise discriminated against by their employer for declining to participate in a procedure that violates his or her conscience. - Ensures that religious organizations will be able to make personnel decisions within the context of their belief system in order to continue to fulfill their religious missions. - Enhances patient care by protecting whistleblowers who report violations of laws or medical ethics. - Provides a private right of action for any party harmed by violations of the MED Act. The MED Act is a simple and reasonable protection for our healthcare heroes in the face of attacks from the government, health care agencies and medical schools. For more reasons on why I support the MED Act, please visit ncvalues.org/med-act#brief. I hope you consider supporting a MED Act. Thank you.

I am emailing you today to ask that you pass a Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act in the NC General Assembly this session. Every American has their Constitutional right to operate according to their moral, ethical, and religious beliefs, and medical professionals are no different. There has been an attack on the ethics and personal beliefs of medical professionals, driving out doctors, nurses and other entities from medical practice, and this bill would shield them from discrimination while stopping the hemorrhage of people leaving the profession. The Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act : - Establishes the right of a medical practitioner, healthcare institution or healthcare payer not to participate in or pay for any medical procedure or service that violates, his, her or its conscience. - Protects medical practitioners and institutions from lawsuits or criminal changes for exercising their right of conscience. - It ensures that a doctor or nurse cannot be fired, demoted or otherwise discriminated against by their employer for declining to participate in a procedure that violates his or her conscience. - Ensures that religious organizations will be able to make personnel decisions within the context of their belief system in order to continue to fulfill their religious missions. - Enhances patient care by protecting whistleblowers who report violations of laws or medical ethics. - Provides a private right of action for any party harmed by violations of the MED Act. The MED Act is a simple and reasonable protection for our healthcare heroes in the face of attacks from the government, health care agencies and medical schools. For more reasons on why I support the MED Act, please visit ncvalues.org/med-act#brief. I hope you consider supporting a MED Act. Thank you.

I am emailing you today to ask that you pass a Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act in the NC General Assembly this session. Every American has their Constitutional right to operate according to their moral, ethical, and religious beliefs, and medical professionals are no different. There has been an attack on the ethics and personal beliefs of medical professionals, driving out doctors, nurses and other entities from medical practice, and this bill would shield them from discrimination while stopping the hemorrhage of people leaving the profession. The Medical Ethics Defense (MED) Act : - Establishes the right of a medical practitioner, healthcare institution or healthcare payer not to participate in or pay for any medical procedure or service that violates, his, her or its conscience. - Protects medical practitioners and institutions from lawsuits or criminal changes for exercising their right of conscience. - It ensures that a doctor or nurse cannot be fired, demoted or otherwise discriminated against by their employer for declining to participate in a procedure that violates his or her conscience. - Ensures that religious organizations will be able to make personnel decisions within the context of their belief system in order to continue to fulfill their religious missions. - Enhances patient care by protecting whistleblowers who report violations of laws or medical ethics. - Provides a private right of action for any party harmed by violations of the MED Act. The MED Act is a simple and reasonable protection for our healthcare heroes in the face of attacks from the government, health care agencies and medical schools. For more reasons on why I support the MED Act, please visit ncvalues.org/med-act#brief. I hope you consider supporting a MED Act. Thank you.