A New Tennessee Bill Lets Counselors Refuse Patients Based On Their Beliefs

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Thu, 04/28/2016 - 8:03pm

Thomson ReutersTennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill that lets mental health counselors deny treatment to patients depending on the particular counselor's set of personal or religious beliefs. "As a professional I should have the right to decide if my clients' end goals don't match with my beliefs — I should have the right to say somebody else can better serve them," the Republican governor told the Associated Press.

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A New Tennessee Bill Lets Counselors Refuse Patients Based On Their Beliefs

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