Health Care Freedom
Health Care Freedom & Patient Rights
Protecting the constitutional rights of patients, medical professionals, and employers to make health care decisions without undue government mandates or interference. We advocate for informed consent, medical privacy, and the freedom to choose care, coverage, and treatment consistent with individual liberty and the rule of law.
Bill to Criminalize Home-Births and Midwifery: Unlawful and Unwise
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 1, 2022 HB 496 would violate the Health Care Freedom Amendment and felonize natural...
Update: Amish Daughter Healthy Despite Health Care “Experts”
I visited the home of Andy and Anna Hershberger to deliver the good news that the Medina County Probate Court had at long...
Victory for Parental Rights: State Agrees to End Stand-Off with Amish Family over Forced Health Care
Official who had sought to take family's daughter from home and force chemotherapy on her, despite parent's earnest...
State’s Forced Chemotherapy on Amish Child Violates Parental Rights, Health Care Freedom Amendment
State sues to take Amish family's daughter and force chemo on her after chemo nearly kills her and family chooses different...
Lawsuit: Ohio’s Attempted Medicaid Expansion Unlawful
Governor's end-run around the Ohio General Assembly violates the separation of powers, Controlling Board's vote...
Ohioans Submit Brief to U.S. Supreme Court Challenging Constitutionality of Individual Mandate
The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law has submitted to the United States Supreme Court a “friend of the court” brief...
Signatures Submitted to Place Ohio Health Care Freedom Amendment on November Ballot
Columbus, OH – Supporters today will deliver more than 546,000 signatures to the Ohio Secretary of State to place the Ohio...
Ohio Liberty Council v. Brunner
On March 22, 2010, the Ohio Liberty Council began the process of the placing a health care freedom constitutional amendment...