Gov. Bobby Jindal signed a law Tuesday expanding Louisiana’s “conscience protection” for health-care workers beyond abortion, adding several services to the list that employees can refuse with assurances of job protection and legal immunity.

With the backing of social conservatives and religious activists, the administration said the measure is necessary to uphold the individual rights of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other workers whose personal beliefs might clash with their professional responsibilities.

This is a huge success for the pro-life movement and clearly establishes the Governor’s pro-life bona-fides.  Also, it prevents the tyranny of forcing health care providers to violate their consciences or religious beliefs.  It is actually a libertarian measure that Ron Paul Republicans can support.  Evangelicals can also cheer this on. 

It is also a shot across the bow in the health care debate as it is reportedthat Obamacare will gut this provision as “discriminatory”. 

This bill (HB 517) was chiefly sponsored by Democrat House member H. Bernard LeBas of Ville Platte.