AdvertisementJudge Scraps 'Conscience' Rule Protecting Doctors Who Deny Care For Religious ReasonsNovember 06, 2019Selena Simmons-DuffinColin DwyerfacebookEmailRoger Severino, director of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services, was a major driver of the rule struck down Wednesday. A federal judge found the rule issued earlier this year — making it easier for health care workers to refuse care for religious reasons — to be an overreach by the department. (Getty Images)