WTF?

South Carolina lawmakers on Friday passed a bill allowing medical professionals and insurance companies to deny care based on personal belief. Some say the legislation, which now heads to the state Senate for consideration, would disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ people, women, and people of color.

Under the bill, titled the “Medical Ethics and Diversity Act,” South Carolina law would be altered to excuse medical practitioners, health care institutions and health care payers from providing care that violates their “conscience.” It would also shield those who decline to provide medical services to patients from civil, criminal or administrative liability.

  The Hill

How the hell do they expect to get away with that? I'm sure it will be contested in court if it passes their senate. But, on its face, it's absurd. If a bakery can't refuse to serve gays, how in hell can a doctor refuse to deny care? On the other hand, I could be wrong about which way the court - the one at the top - would go on this.