{"id":6653,"date":"2016-03-06T16:57:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T00:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6653"},"modified":"2018-03-06T22:12:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T06:12:03","slug":"canadas-largest-catholic-archdiocese-mobilizing-against-assisted-dying-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6653","title":{"rendered":"Canada&#8217;s largest Catholic archdiocese mobilizing against assisted-dying law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The Globe and Mail<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Affain Chowdhry<\/p>\n<p>Canada&#8217;s largest Catholic archdiocese is mobilizing its members to pressure federal politicians tasked with shaping new doctor-assisted dying legislation by June to protect vulnerable groups and to exempt doctors, nurses and Catholic hospitals from having to provide those services because it goes against their religious beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal Thomas Collins, the Archbishop of Toronto, used a sermon on Sunday at St. Paul&#8217;s Basilica in downtown Toronto to argue that forcing Catholic doctors to refer patients to medically assisted dying services was a &#8220;violation of conscience&#8221; and amounted to religious discrimination. . . 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