What Is "Do No Harm Act"?

本文內容取自美國人道主義者協會(AHA)的介紹。 The Do No Harm Act, also known as H.R. 3222, is intended to amend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993 to protect individuals’ civil rights. 「不傷害法案」的目的是修正「宗教自由恢復法」(RFRA)。

Introduced by Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-MA) and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), the Do No Harm Act limits the use of the RFRA to prevent it from being used in cases of discrimination, or in disputes regarding child abuse and labor, salary and collective bargaining, access to healthcare and reproductive care, public accommodation law violations, and government-contracted social services. The bill currently has fifty-seven cosponsors, all of them Democrats. The AHA joined a coalition of advocacy organizations in officially endorsing the legislation and working towards its passage. Some of the other endorsing organizations include the ACLU, the Anti-Defamation League, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, Catholics for Choice, the Hindu American Foundation, the Human Rights Campaign, the Interfaith Alliance, the NAACP, the National Abortion Federation, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National Center for Transgender Equality, and the Unitarian Universalist Association.

In recent years, RFRA has been weaponized by the religious right in an attempt to deny health coverage for employees, provide an exemption from civil rights and public accommodation laws, and prevent justice in child labor and abuse cases, which is why the Do No Harm Act is so vital and must be passed as soon as possible. Failing to do so will allow for more Americans to face unnecessary religiously-motivated discrimination.

不傷害法案禁止人利用RFRA來為虐待兒童、或為勞工、薪資和集體談判中的歧視言行，或為禁止某些人得到醫療保健及生育服務、以及違反住房法政府合同法作為辯護理由。因為近年來，RFRA常被宗教右翼人士當作武器，來拒絕為一些雇員提供某些醫保，或作為違反各種平權法律的宗教豁免。