{"id":6911,"date":"2016-06-22T10:33:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T17:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6911"},"modified":"2018-03-05T13:27:35","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T21:27:35","slug":"christian-doctors-challenge-ontarios-assisted-death-referral-requirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6911","title":{"rendered":"Christian doctors challenge Ontario&#8217;s assisted-death referral requirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Globe and Mail<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Sean Fine<\/p>\n<p>Groups representing more than 4,700 Christian doctors across the country have launched a court challenge to Ontario regulations that require them to refer patients to physicians willing to provide an assisted death, arguing the referrals are morally equivalent to participating in the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, however, takes issue with the faith groups&#8217; position. &#8220;An effective referral does not foreshadow or guarantee an outcome,&#8221; college spokeswoman Tracey Sobers said in an e-mail.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Ewan Goligher, a doctor who works in the intensive care unit at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, said he considers himself a conscientious objector to doctor-assisted dying and supports the court challenge. &#8220;I think the patient is of greater value than their preference, and I cannot lift my hand to destroy that which is of fundamental value,&#8221; he said in an interview. . . <strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/christian-doctors-challenge-ontarios-assisted-death-referral-policy\/article30552327\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Text<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Globe and Mail Sean Fine Groups representing more than 4,700 Christian doctors across the country have launched a court challenge to Ontario regulations that require them to refer patients to physicians willing to provide an assisted death, arguing the referrals are morally equivalent to participating in the procedure. 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