Polling

Conscience in healthcare: 2019

Key Findings

2019 survey

Faith-based health professionals need conscience protections to ensure their continued medical practice.
Conscience-driven health professionals care for all patients.
Religious professionals overwhelmingly support a biological—not ideological--definition of sex.
Religious health professionals face rampant discrimination.
Access for poor and medically under-served patient populations depends on conscience protections.

Heart and Mind Strategies conducted the 2019 nationwide poll for Freedom2Care and the Christian Medical Association on the impact of conscience protections on faith-based U.S. healthcare professionals.

CMDA Conscience Protection Member Survey

2019 Survey

Key Findings

2019 Policy Findings - handout.pdf

2019 Survey

Policy Findings

2019 Question Detail - handout.pdf

2019 Survey

Question Detail

2019 USCCB public poll - 1909-USCCB-Key-

2019 national public poll on conscience issues, by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

Conscience in healthcare: 2009

The polling company, inc. conducted the 2009 nationwide, scientific polls for Freedom2Care--on the potential impact of removing conscience protections from U.S. healthcare professionals.

Freedom2Care presented the results at a press conference at the National Press Club.