{"id":10948,"date":"2021-09-08T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10948"},"modified":"2022-02-01T14:35:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T22:35:10","slug":"catholic-doctors-cannot-refuse-covid-19-vaccines-on-moral-or-religious-grounds-in-tasmania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10948","title":{"rendered":"Catholic doctors cannot refuse COVID-19 vaccines on moral or religious grounds in Tasmania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Examiner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"isabel-bird\">Isabel Bird<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Conservative catholic doctors, nurses and other health workers who oppose mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations on moral or &#8220;conscience grounds&#8221; will not be allowed to refuse the vaccine in Tasmania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state government, and other jurisdictions, are making vaccinations mandatory for all health workers in the public and private healthcare systems, leading the Catholic Medical Association of Australia (CMAA) to call for the right to a &#8220;conscientious objection to vaccination&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The association says vaccines can be rejected on moral grounds, and because of a lack of research, testing and knowledge about future side effects, but this in comparison to the views of Catholic Church head Pope Francis who has urged people to get vaccinated, saying that vaccines &#8220;bring hope to end the pandemic, but only if they are available to all&#8221;. . . . <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.examiner.com.au\/story\/7421761\/religious-doctors-not-exempt-from-vaccines\/\">continue reading<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Examiner Isabel Bird Conservative catholic doctors, nurses and other health workers who oppose mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations on moral or &#8220;conscience grounds&#8221; will not be allowed to refuse the vaccine in Tasmania. 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