{"id":6701,"date":"2016-04-12T13:18:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T20:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6701"},"modified":"2016-04-12T13:19:30","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T20:19:30","slug":"whats-behind-the-demolition-of-conscience-rights-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6701","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s behind the demolition of conscience rights in Canada?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mercatornet<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Margaret Somerville*<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been puzzling about why Canadian \u201cprogressive\u201d values advocates, particularly those passionately in favour of the legalization of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (\u201cphysician-assisted death\u201d (PAD)), are so adamant in trying to force healthcare professionals and institutions who have conscience or religious objections to these procedures to become complicit in them.<\/p>\n

Complicity would occur if objecting individual physicians were forced to provide \u201ceffective referrals\u201d or objecting institutions were forced to allow PAD in their facilities. An \u201ceffective referral\u201d is defined by the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons as \u201ca referral made in good faith, to a non-objecting, available, and accessible physician or other health-care provider.\u201d<\/p>\n

In general, progressive values advocates claim to give priority to rights to individual autonomy, choice, control over what happens to oneself, and tolerance for those who believe differently. Yet in relation to respect for the freedom of conscience and, where relevant, religious belief, of physicians or institutions who oppose PAD, none of these principles seem to be applied. Why? [Full text<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mercatornet Margaret Somerville* I\u2019ve been puzzling about why Canadian \u201cprogressive\u201d values advocates, particularly those passionately in favour of the legalization of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (\u201cphysician-assisted death\u201d (PAD)), are so adamant in trying to force healthcare professionals and institutions who have conscience or religious objections to these procedures to become complicit in them. Complicity would … Continue reading “What\u2019s behind the demolition of conscience rights in Canada?”<\/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":[46,77,32,4,162,19],"tags":[101,385,2187,225,293],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-commentary","category-euthanasia","category-repression-of-conscience","tag-carter-v-canada","tag-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-of-ontario","tag-institutions","tag-margaret-somerville","tag-referral"],"yoast_head":"\r\nWhat\u2019s behind the demolition of conscience rights in Canada? - 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=6701\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What\u2019s behind the demolition of conscience rights in Canada? - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mercatornet Margaret Somerville* I\u2019ve been puzzling about why Canadian \u201cprogressive\u201d values advocates, particularly those passionately in favour of the legalization of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (\u201cphysician-assisted death\u201d (PAD)), are so adamant in trying to force healthcare professionals and institutions who have conscience or religious objections to these procedures to become complicit in them. 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