{"id":4677,"date":"2013-11-22T01:02:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T09:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4677"},"modified":"2018-03-08T17:25:58","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T01:25:58","slug":"freedom-of-conscience-continues-to-generate-discussion-in-abortion-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4677","title":{"rendered":"Freedom of conscience continues to generate discussion in abortion debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Provisions in a bill to legalize abortion that\u00a0threaten draconian fines to\u00a0force\u00a0objecting physicians and counsellors to facilitate the procedure are getting special attention in the Tasmanian Legislative Council.\u00a0 Some members of the Council may be willing to support the bill if the measures aimed at\u00a0suppressing freedom of conscience\u00a0are substantially changed.\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theadvocate.com.au\/story\/1923340\/abortion-debate-continues\/?cs=87\" target=\"_blank\">The Advocate<\/a>]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a title=\"Some Tasmanian legislators concerned about freedom of conscience\" href=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/?p=4669\" target=\"_blank\">Some Tasmanian legislators concerned about freedom of conscience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/commentary\/legal029.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">New frontiers in repressing dissent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/commentary\/legal053.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">AMA Tasmania submission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Australian regulator misrepresents physician obligations\" href=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/?p=3511\" target=\"_blank\">Australian regulator misrepresents physician obligations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provisions in a bill to legalize abortion that\u00a0threaten draconian fines to\u00a0force\u00a0objecting physicians and counsellors to facilitate the procedure are getting special attention in the Tasmanian Legislative Council.\u00a0 Some members of the Council may be willing to support the bill if the measures aimed at\u00a0suppressing freedom of conscience\u00a0are substantially changed.\u00a0 [The Advocate] \u00a0Some Tasmanian legislators concerned &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4677\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Freedom of conscience continues to generate discussion in abortion debate&#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":[46,30,9,760],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-4677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-australia","category-news","category-proposed-laws"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Freedom of conscience continues to generate discussion in abortion debate - 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