The first refusal law was passed unanimously by the 17-member Board of Legislators on June 4.
Mr. Spano agreed to sign the measure, known as the right of first refusal law, only after its author, County Legislator Thomas J. Abinanti of Greenburgh, and the Board of Legislators' chairman, George S. Latimer, agreed in writing to try to amend the law within 60 days to address his concerns.
Spousal Refusal laws prevent the Medicaid program from refusing to provide coverage to an eligible individual just because his or her spouse is 'refusing' to cover the cost of the necessary care.
They stress that the call for refusal laws has been tied to larger "pro life" strategies to limit access to contraceptives, medical abortifacients and surgical abortions.
Defenders of what have been called "conscience clauses" and "refusal laws" see themselves as defending the "privacy" of pharmacists and health care providers, privacy akin to liberty of thought and freedom of religion (White 1999).
"Congress has passed refusal laws before, but it's never blatantly tried to override emergency care protections," said Sarah Lipolicyubet, policounselsel at the American Civil Liberties Union.
Several localities have enacted "right of first refusal" laws for tenants whose buildings go up for sale or are being converted to condos.
The alternative slate, which we endorse, is headed by Margarita Lopez Torres, a capable sitting Civil Court judge who says her refusal to hire law clerks referred by clubhouse leaders lost her clubhouse backing when she ran successfully for re-election last year.
In fact, knowing that the church could not comply, he sought a pretext for charging it with refusal to obey laws and, at the same time, discrediting it in the eyes of the people for alleged callousness to human suffering.
So now it is shutdowns, hostage-taking, refusal to follow laws, refusal to prosecute, threats to take down the government and/or the economy.
Since March 3, the US Department of Justice has handed down 19 indictments including the charges against Bundy and four of his sons pertaining to the standoff, which was set off by the rancher's refusal to acknowledge laws preventing him from letting his cattle graze on federal land.
