{"id":5446,"date":"2014-12-16T20:05:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T04:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5446"},"modified":"2018-03-07T20:34:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T04:34:07","slug":"frightening-life-and-family-leaders-react-to-ontario-college-of-physicians-draft-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5446","title":{"rendered":"‘Frightening’: Life and family leaders react to Ontario College of Physicians’ draft policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

LifeSite News<\/p>\n

Pete Balinski<\/p>\n

Numerous life-and-family groups have slammed a draft policy from Ontario’s College of Physicians and Surgeons that threatens to force doctors into providing abortions and contraceptives in some circumstances, calling it “inimical to living in a free society” and “frightening.”<\/p>\n

“We can say goodbye to a slew of good doctors in Ontario [if the policy passes],” Andrea Mrozek, executive director of Institute of Marriage and Family Canada, told LifeSiteNews. “If I were one, with a young family, I’d leave. Who wants to live under the threat of constant legal action for doing what you believe is good care?”<\/p>\n

The College Council approved the draft policy<\/a> last week. The policy would force doctors who are “unwilling to provide certain elements of care due to their moral or religious beliefs” \u2014 such as abortion \u2014 to refer the patient “in good faith” to another doctor who would provide the service.<\/p>\n

If there is nobody to whom the patient can be referred, then the doctor “must provide care that is urgent or otherwise necessary to prevent imminent harm, suffering, and\/or deterioration, even where that care conflicts with their religious or moral beliefs.”<\/p>\n

“Although physicians have [freedom of conscience and religion] under the Charter, the Supreme Court of Canada has determined that no rights are absolute,” the draft policy states, adding that the “right to freedom of conscience and religion can be limited.”<\/p>\n

The College’s former president, Marc Gabel, has stated that doctors who fail to comply will face disciplinary action. . . [Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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