{"id":5579,"date":"2015-02-06T02:14:24","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T02:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5579"},"modified":"2015-02-06T02:14:24","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T02:14:24","slug":"let-it-be-known-that-freedom-of-conscience-still-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5579","title":{"rendered":"Let it be known that freedom of conscience still matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicregister.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>The Catholic Register<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Lucas Vivas<\/p>\n<p>When patients are asked what they want in a doctor, a common response is compassion and integrity. Good doctors follow their convictions in trying to do what is right for their patient, and good doctors should not be separated from their consciences and humanity when caring for others.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"itemFullText\">\n<p>Unfortunately, however, the integrity of physicians is under attack by the very organization that is supposed to promote good medicine in Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), the body that grants licences to physicians to practise in Ontario, plans to drastically restrict the freedom-of-conscience rights of physicians. At present, the CPSO allows doctors to step aside when a patient requests a treatment or procedure that is in conflict with a doctor\u2019s moral or religious beliefs. For example, a Catholic gynecologist could decline to perform abortions. . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicregister.org\/columns\/item\/19660-let-it-be-known-that-freedom-of-conscience-still-matters\" target=\"_blank\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic Register Lucas Vivas When patients are asked what they want in a doctor, a common response is compassion and integrity. Good doctors follow their convictions in trying to do what is right for their patient, and good doctors should not be separated from their consciences and humanity when caring for others. Unfortunately, however, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5579\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Let it be known that freedom of conscience still matters&#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":[32,643,9,295,19],"tags":[385],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-christianity-catholicism","category-news","category-religious-freedom","category-repression-of-conscience","tag-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-of-ontario"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Let it be known that freedom of conscience still matters - 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=5579\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Let it be known that freedom of conscience still matters - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Catholic Register Lucas Vivas When patients are asked what they want in a doctor, a common response is compassion and integrity. 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