A nurse who is opposed to abortion works in a hospital where they are done. According to the Supreme Court's conscience clause, the nurse:
1. Cannot interfere with a woman's constitutional right.
2. Should not be working in this particular hospital.
3. Can counsel women before they have an abortion.
4. Has the right to refuse to participate in abortions.
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: The nurse cannot interfere with a woman's right to privacy includes control over her own body to the extent that she can abort her fetus.
Rationale 2: The conscience clause states that nurses, as well as other health care personnel, have a right to refuse to participate in abortions.
Rationale 3: Counseling a woman prior to an abortion would not be an appropriate action since the nurse has chosen to work in a hospital where these procedures are done.
Rationale 4: In Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, the Supreme Court upheld that a woman's right to privacy includes control over her own body to the extent that she can abort her fetus. Although the nurse cannot interfere with this, the conscience clause states that nurses, as well as other health care personnel, have a right to refuse to participate in abortions and hospitals have the right to deny admission to abortion clients.
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