{"id":5123,"date":"2014-08-05T20:49:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T03:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5123"},"modified":"2018-03-05T22:33:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T06:33:37","slug":"submission-to-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-of-ontario-policy-5-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5123","title":{"rendered":"Submission to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author\">ARPA- Association for Reformed Political Action (Canada)<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, August 5, ARPA&#8217;s legal counsel sent a formal submission to the <a href=\"http:\/\/policyconsult.cpso.on.ca\/?page_id=3405\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ba0003;\">College of Physicians and Surgeons of <\/span><span style=\"color: #ba0003;\">Ontario<\/span><\/span><\/a> with respect to their policy as it relates to conscience rights and the Ontario Human Rights Code. The College <a href=\"http:\/\/policyconsult.cpso.on.ca\/?page_id=3403\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ba0003;\">had requested feedback<\/span><\/span><\/a> as it underwent consultations while reviewing their policy. At stake is whether doctors have the right\u00a0 to refuse treatment if they have conscientious objections to the treatment. For example, can a Christian doctor refuse to prescribe birth control pills if that particular doctor thinks that such a prescription is unethical, or is bad medicine? What if the objection is religiously motivated? These are not just hypothetical questions: <a href=\"http:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/local-news\/some-ottawa-doctors-refuse-to-prescribe-birth-control-pills\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ba0003;\">three doctors in Ottawa<\/span><\/span><\/a> recently came under fire for refusing to prescribe the birth control pill. . .\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/arpacanada.ca\/publications\/government-submissions\/2024-submission-to-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-of-ontario-policy-5-08?acm=4370_153\" target=\"_blank\">Full text and submission<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARPA- Association for Reformed Political Action (Canada) On Tuesday, August 5, ARPA&#8217;s legal counsel sent a formal submission to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario with respect to their policy as it relates to conscience rights and the Ontario Human Rights Code. The College had requested feedback as it underwent consultations while reviewing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5123\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Submission to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario&#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":[32,508,511],"tags":[1315,385,187,384,566],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-ethical-commentary","category-society-politics","tag-association-for-reformed-political-action-arpa","tag-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-of-ontario","tag-human-rights","tag-ontario","tag-physicians"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Submission to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario - 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=5123\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Submission to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ARPA- Association for Reformed Political Action (Canada) On Tuesday, August 5, ARPA&#8217;s legal counsel sent a formal submission to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario with respect to their policy as it relates to conscience rights and the Ontario Human Rights Code. 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