{"id":6976,"date":"2016-11-02T13:59:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T20:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6976"},"modified":"2018-03-05T22:10:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T06:10:27","slug":"freedom-of-conscience-a-must-says-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6976","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Freedom of conscience\u2019 a must, says doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Catholic Register<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Michael Swan<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2013\u00a0It\u2019s rare for an hour-long, academic lecture to get a standing ovation, but Dr. Ewan Goligher earned thunderous applause from about 100 people who turned up on a cold, rainy night to hear his defence of medical conscience.<\/p>\n<p>The Toronto intensive care physician and researcher has become one of the leading voices opposing efforts to force doctors to make an \u201ceffective referral\u201d for assisted suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Goligher maintains that for the sake of medicine and democratic society, doctors must have a right to conscientious objection \u2014 not just for abortion but also for assisted killing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFreedom of conscience in the practice of medicine has been seriously eroded in recent years,\u201d Goligher warned at the second annual deVeber Institute lecture delivered at the University of Toronto\u2019s Wycliffe College on Oct. 27. . . 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The Toronto intensive care physician and researcher has become one of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6976\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u2018Freedom of conscience\u2019 a must, says doctor&#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":[32,508,459,295],"tags":[2289],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-ethical-commentary","category-pluralism-secularism","category-religious-freedom","tag-ewan-c-goligher"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>\u2018Freedom of conscience\u2019 a must, says doctor - 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=6976\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Freedom of conscience\u2019 a must, says doctor - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Catholic Register Michael Swan TORONTO \u2013\u00a0It\u2019s rare for an hour-long, academic lecture to get a standing ovation, but Dr. Ewan Goligher earned thunderous applause from about 100 people who turned up on a cold, rainy night to hear his defence of medical conscience. 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