{"id":3171,"date":"2013-06-12T21:38:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T04:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3171"},"modified":"2018-03-05T21:47:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T05:47:26","slug":"catholic-civil-rights-league-notes-threat-to-freedom-of-conscience-in-quebec-euthanasia-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3171","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Civil Rights League notes threat to freedom of conscience in Quebec euthanasia bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic Civil Rights League has issued a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccrl.ca\/index.php?id=5320\" target=\"_blank\">news release <\/a>concerning the euthanasia bill introduced by the Quebec government.\u00a0 In addition to expressing\u00a0the League&#8217;s\u00a0opposition to euthanasia, the release warned that the bill threatens freedom of conscience for health care workers opposed to euthanasia.<\/p>\n<h5>Also of concern to the League, while this proposed legislation allows doctors to refuse to participate in euthanasia requests, it implies that they must participate in a process referring the request to a more willing provider. There appears to be no provision for the religious and conscientious rights of other members of the health care team.\u00a0 As we have seen on the question of abortion, legalization can lead to pressure on health care workers to participate in activities they find morally objectionable.<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic Civil Rights League has issued a news release concerning the euthanasia bill introduced by the Quebec government.\u00a0 In addition to expressing\u00a0the League&#8217;s\u00a0opposition to euthanasia, the release warned that the bill threatens freedom of conscience for health care workers opposed to euthanasia. Also of concern to the League, while this proposed legislation allows doctors &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3171\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Catholic Civil Rights League notes threat to freedom of conscience in Quebec euthanasia bill&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,643,162,10],"tags":[647,410],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-3171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-christianity-catholicism","category-euthanasia","category-news-releases","tag-catholic-civil-rights-league","tag-quebec"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Catholic Civil Rights League notes threat to freedom of conscience in Quebec euthanasia bill - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3171\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Catholic Civil Rights League notes threat to freedom of conscience in Quebec euthanasia bill - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Catholic Civil Rights League has issued a news release concerning the euthanasia bill introduced by the Quebec government.\u00a0 In addition to expressing\u00a0the League&#8217;s\u00a0opposition to euthanasia, the release warned that the bill threatens freedom of conscience for health care workers opposed to euthanasia. 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