{"id":7120,"date":"2017-02-21T22:39:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T06:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7120"},"modified":"2018-03-09T09:16:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T17:16:54","slug":"protection-of-conscience-project-to-intervene-in-lawsuit-against-state-medical-regulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7120","title":{"rendered":"Protection of Conscience Project to intervene in lawsuit against state medical regulator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News Release<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For immediate release<\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Protection of Conscience Project<\/p>\n<p>The Protection of Conscience Project has been granted joint intervener status in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadiansforconscience.ca\/ontario_physicians_oppose_referrals_for_assisted_suicide_seek_judicial_review_of_cpso_requirement\" target=\"_blank\">constitutional challenge <\/a>to\u00a0policies of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>The Project is intervening jointly with the <a href=\"https:\/\/ccrl.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Catholic Civil Rights League <\/a>(CCRL) and Faith and Freedom Alliance (FFA) in a lawsuit against the College launched by Ontario physicians and national physician organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The joint intervention will defend freedom of conscience in the face of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpso.on.ca\/Policies-Publications\/Policy\/Medical-Assistance-in-Dying\" target=\"_blank\">demands<\/a> by the Ontario College of Physicians that physicians who refuse to kill patients or help them kill themselves must send them to a colleague willing do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnlike the CCRL and the FFA, the Project does not take a position on the acceptability of euthanasia or assisted suicide,\u201d said Sean Murphy, Project Administrator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, all three groups agree that those who object to the practices for moral, ethical or religious reasons should not be forced to provide or collaborate in them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The intervention will attempt to assist the court in defining a principled approach to the nature and scope of freedom of conscience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Federal government policy a factor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The deliberate decision of the federal government to support coerced participation in homicide and suicide contributed to the Project\u2019s decision to intervene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe federal government knew full well that the Ontario College was threatening to punish physicians who refuse to be parties to euthanasia and assisted suicide when it introduced Bill C-14 to set the groundrules for the procedures,\u201d said Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt could have prevented coercion by exercising its jurisdiction in criminal law. It could have made it a crime to force someone to be a party to homicide or suicide. It was repeatedly asked to do so. It steadfastly refused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Murphy said, \u201cthe Government of Canada chose to enable coercion, and to defend its support for coercion as \u2018cooperative federalism.\u2019\u201d1<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, the Project insists upon a foundational principle of democratic civility: that no one and no state institution may compel unwilling citizens to be parties to killing other people. Neither the state nor its agents nor others in positions of power and influence can legitimately order unwilling citizens to become parties to homicide and suicide, and punish them if they refuse.<\/p>\n<p>The case is currently set for a hearing in mid-June.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><br \/>\nSean Murphy, Administrator<br \/>\nProtection of Conscience Project<br \/>\nprotection@consciencelaws.org<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Notes<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0<span lang=\"EN\">Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould, <em>House of Commons Debates<\/em>, Vol. 148, No. 055, 1<sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\">st<\/span><\/sup> Session, 42<sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\">nd<\/span><\/sup> Parliament, 13 May, 2016, p. 3312 (10:55)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Release For immediate release Protection of Conscience Project The Protection of Conscience Project has been granted joint intervener status in a constitutional challenge to\u00a0policies of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. 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