{"id":5691,"date":"2015-03-27T02:46:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T09:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5691"},"modified":"2018-03-07T11:09:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T19:09:10","slug":"saskatchewan-policy-forcing-doctors-to-violate-conscience-fails-to-win-enough-support-final-decision-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5691","title":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan policy forcing doctors to violate conscience fails to win enough support: final decision delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">LifeSiteNews<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Steve\u00a0Weatherbe<\/p>\n<p>A move to force Christian doctors in Saskatchewan to do abortions, assist at suicides, or refer patients to other willing doctors failed to win sufficient support at a meeting of the College of Physicians and Surgeons\u2019 ruling council Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with 4,400 hostile letters, many instigated by the Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon, the council decided to continue discussion at an emergency meeting on Saturday, and likely to put off a final vote until June, after a full public consultation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey weren\u2019t all on the same page at all,\u201d said Colette Stang, the head of Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association. \u201cSo it was a bit of a relief. I was pleased the decision wasn\u2019t made.\u201d. . .\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/saskatchewan-policy-forcing-doctors-to-violate-conscience-fails-to-win-enou\" target=\"_blank\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LifeSiteNews Steve\u00a0Weatherbe A move to force Christian doctors in Saskatchewan to do abortions, assist at suicides, or refer patients to other willing doctors failed to win sufficient support at a meeting of the College of Physicians and Surgeons\u2019 ruling council Thursday. Faced with 4,400 hostile letters, many instigated by the Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5691\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Saskatchewan policy forcing doctors to violate conscience fails to win enough support: final decision delayed&#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":[32,5,9],"tags":[1552,1525,314,1580],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-ethics","category-news","tag-bryan-salte","tag-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-of-saskatchewan","tag-saskatchewan","tag-sheila-harding"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Saskatchewan policy forcing doctors to violate conscience fails to win enough support: final decision delayed - 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=5691\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saskatchewan policy forcing doctors to violate conscience fails to win enough support: final decision delayed - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LifeSiteNews Steve\u00a0Weatherbe A move to force Christian doctors in Saskatchewan to do abortions, assist at suicides, or refer patients to other willing doctors failed to win sufficient support at a meeting of the College of Physicians and Surgeons\u2019 ruling council Thursday. 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