This article originally appeared on WND.com

Guest by post by Bob Unruh

Demand letter calls for confirmation of accommodations as required by federal law.

A hospital is being informed that requiring ultrasound technicians to take part in the facility’s abortion business violates their rights.

It is the American Center for Law and Justice that has dispatched a letter to Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, N.M.

The business, which no longer has a religious affiliation, a few months ago changed its policy to demand that ultrasound techs help in abortions – a reversal of the previous practice.

“This shift has put employees in the impossible position of choosing between their livelihoods or their religious convictions,” explained the legal experts at ACLJ.

The hospital is demanding in its new policy that techs participate, and exemptions are not assured.

“If an employee is unwilling to participate and an accommodation cannot be ensured, they risk job reassignment or termination. Moreover, even if an alternative position is available, the employee must endure a four-week unpaid leave until a transfer is finalized,” the ACLJ explained.

When the techs submitted conflict of conscience forms, there wasn’t an answer.

So the ACLJ dispatched a formal demand letter to Presbyterian Hospital explaining what the hospital is required to do under federal law, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Church Amendment.

Those “explicitly protect healthcare workers from being compelled to participate in procedures that violate their religious beliefs,” the ACLJ said.

The organization said, “We have demanded that Presbyterian Hospital provide written assurances confirming that our clients will be fully exempt from assisting in any abortion-related procedures without penalty or adverse action. Should the hospital fail to comply, we are prepared to take all necessary legal and administrative actions to defend the conscience rights of these dedicated medical professionals.”

The ACLJ explained the law is clear: “Employers must provide reasonable accommodations for sincerely held religious beliefs unless doing so imposes an undue hardship – a standard that the U.S. Supreme Court has reinforced in recent rulings.”