{"id":5643,"date":"2015-03-05T17:06:59","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T17:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5643"},"modified":"2015-04-08T23:20:44","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T23:20:44","slug":"giving-doctors-a-choice-on-assisted-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5643","title":{"rendered":"Giving doctors a choice on assisted suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>National Post<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The following is an open letter written by medical professionals to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Should Ontario\u2019s doctors be forced to violate their consciences? On Feb. 6, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the Criminal Code provisions against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Concurrently, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) is proposing to oblige physicians, at the risk of professional discipline, to refer patients for procedures that a physician has refused for reasons of conscience, to a willing physician or agency established for such referrals.<\/p>\n<p>This is a major shift in policy for the CPSO. Aside from Quebec, this position is not held by any other medical regulatory college in Canada and is inconsistent with the position of the Canadian Medical Association, the American Medical Association and similar bodies in Commonwealth countries. . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2015\/03\/05\/giving-doctors-a-choice-on-assisted-suicide\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Post The following is an open letter written by medical professionals to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Should Ontario\u2019s doctors be forced to violate their consciences? On Feb. 6, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the Criminal Code provisions against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Concurrently, the College of Physicians and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5643\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Giving doctors a choice on assisted suicide&#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":[77,32,4,5,162,9,19],"tags":[385,1529,293],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-commentary","category-ethics","category-euthanasia","category-news","category-repression-of-conscience","tag-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-of-ontario","tag-professional-obligations-and-human-rights","tag-referral"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Giving doctors a choice on assisted suicide - 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=5643\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Giving doctors a choice on assisted suicide - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"National Post The following is an open letter written by medical professionals to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. 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