Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel
Madison— Doctors in Wisconsin would gain a right of conscience to perform abortions, sterilizations or other procedures for their patients at certain hospitals even if those institutions didn’t wish to allow them, under long-shot legislation put forward by Democratic lawmakers Thursday.
The proposal by Rep. Chris Taylor (D-Madison) and Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton) would work as a sort of reverse to the state’s existing conscience clause, which prohibits hospitals and doctors from being required to perform abortions if they oppose them. [Full text]
This subject of this article is what the Project refers to as the exercise of “perfective” freedom of conscience. The Project’s advocacy is limited to the protection of “preservative” freedom of conscience, which is more fundamental. For further explanation, see Freedom of Conscience in Health Care: Distinctions and Limits.