{"id":5677,"date":"2015-03-24T17:13:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T00:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5677"},"modified":"2018-03-05T21:42:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T05:42:00","slug":"ontario-physicians-seek-court-protection-from-cpso-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5677","title":{"rendered":"Ontario physicians seek court protection from CPSO policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

For immediate release<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada<\/p>\n

TORONTO \u2013 Dr. Diane Haak, President of the Christian Medical and Dental Society (CMDS), Woodstock emergency room physician Dr. Michelle Korvemaker, and CMDS executive director Larry Worthen announced, today, that they have filed documents asking the Court to declare that a new College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPSO) policy infringes upon Ontario doctors\u2019 freedom of conscience.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy conscience and religious beliefs do not allow me to engage in procedures to which I have a moral, ethical or religious objection. I, and all physicians in Ontario, have the right to practice medicine according to my conscience and free from state compulsion,\u201d said Dr. Korvemaker.<\/p>\n

Dr. Haak added, \u201cThis policy may force physicians who do not feel they can refer or perform procedures that go against their conscience to leave the practice of medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n

CMDS filed an application for declaratory relief asking the court to declare that portions of the CPSO\u2019s March 6, 2015, policy breach sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.<\/em><\/p>\n

Said Larry Worthen, \u201dWe firmly believe that it is possible to ensure access to\u00a0 controversial procedures and pharmaceuticals in Ontario without trampling upon the constitutional rights of physicians\u201d<\/p>\n

The CPSO policy violates freedoms of conscience and religion by requiring physicians and surgeons to make formal referrals when their consciences don\u2019t permit their performing a procedure or treatment. The policy also violates Charter freedoms by requiring them to perform procedures when certain circumstances arise.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>CMDS Canada represents some 1600 physicians and dentists across Canada (<\/em>http:\/\/www.cmdscanada.org<\/span><\/em><\/a>). The Canadian Federation of Catholic Physician\u2019s Societies is also supporting the application.<\/em><\/p>\n

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For more information, please contact:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Larry Worthen\u00a0 902-880-2495<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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