WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Defense of Conscience in Healthcare Act, a bill that would restore one of President Trump's first-term policies and direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to firmly protect the conscience rights of healthcare providers. "Our constitutional and God-given right to religious freedom isn't nullified when someone puts on scrubs or a white coat,"  more