{"id":3408,"date":"2002-02-22T18:14:48","date_gmt":"2002-02-22T18:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3408"},"modified":"2013-08-03T19:07:50","modified_gmt":"2013-08-03T19:07:50","slug":"disciplinary-hearing-of-doctor-who-wont-prescribe-pill-open-to-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3408","title":{"rendered":"Disciplinary Hearing of Doctor Who Won&#8217;t Prescribe Pill Open to Public"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Dr. Dawson Requests Prayers and Letters of Support<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Stephen Dawson, the family doctor who is in danger of losing his medical licence over his refusal to prescribe the birth control pill to unmarried women clarified his position in an interview with LifeSite last night. Dr. Dawson told LifeSite that the initial coverage in the Barrie Examiner suggested he may compromise on the matter. He clarified: &#8220;Under no circumstances will I compromise. I would rather lose my licence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said that he would not apologize for refusing to offer the pill to unmarried women but would apologize for the perhaps &#8220;overzealous manner in which I presented my case to these women initially.&#8221; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/repression\/repression017-002.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Dawson Requests Prayers and Letters of Support Dr. Stephen Dawson, the family doctor who is in danger of losing his medical licence over his refusal to prescribe the birth control pill to unmarried women clarified his position in an interview with LifeSite last night. Dr. Dawson told LifeSite that the initial coverage in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3408\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Disciplinary Hearing of Doctor Who Won&#8217;t Prescribe Pill Open to Public&#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":[88,32,650,9,19],"tags":[647,385,766,147],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-3408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birth-control","category-canada","category-contraception","category-news","category-repression-of-conscience","tag-catholic-civil-rights-league","tag-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-of-ontario","tag-phil-horgan","tag-stephen-dawson"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Disciplinary Hearing of Doctor Who Won&#039;t Prescribe Pill Open to Public - 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=3408\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Disciplinary Hearing of Doctor Who Won&#039;t Prescribe Pill Open to Public - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Dawson Requests Prayers and Letters of Support Dr. Stephen Dawson, the family doctor who is in danger of losing his medical licence over his refusal to prescribe the birth control pill to unmarried women clarified his position in an interview with LifeSite last night. 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