Federal Agency Accuses Vermont Hospital Of Forcing A Nurse To Assist In An Abortion
The Trump administration's Office for Civil Rights put a hospital in Vermont on notice that it violated federal rules by forcing a nurse to help with an abortion. The hospital denies the charge.
The federal government says the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vt., violated federal law by forcing a nurse to participate in an abortion despite her objections. The hospital issued a statement saying that the allegation is "not supported by the facts," as Vermont Public Radio reported.
At the center of the dispute is a nurse, whose name is not public. According to a last May with the Office for Civil Rights, the nurse is Catholic and had
