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Roger Severino, director of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services, was a major driver of the rule struck down Wednesday. A federal judge found the rule issued earlier this year — making it easier for health care workers to refuse care for religious reasons — to be an overreach by the department.

Judge Scraps ‘Conscience’ Rule Protecting Doctors Who Deny Care For Religious Reasons

By: Selena Simmons-Duffin | Colin Dwyer | NPR
Posted on: Wednesday, November 6, 2019

The U.S. judge found that the Trump administration’s rule violates the law in “numerous, fundamental, and far-reaching” ways. Critics said the rule prioritized providers over patients.