{"id":7302,"date":"2017-08-18T17:16:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-19T00:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7302"},"modified":"2018-03-06T17:04:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T01:04:13","slug":"conscientious-objection-in-assisted-suicide-cases-under-threat-in-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7302","title":{"rendered":"Conscientious objection in assisted suicide cases under threat in Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Crux<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Kevin J. Jones<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO, Canada &#8211; Conscience protections for Catholic hospitals and other organizations could soon come under fire in the Canadian province of Ontario, with one assisted suicide group saying they may challenge this legislation in court.<\/p>\n<p>Deacon Larry Worthen, executive director of the Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada, warned that it becomes very difficult to defend objections to assisted suicide once it becomes legal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course our position would be that there should be no requirement for faith-based institutions to be involved in assisted suicide or euthanasia,&#8221; the deacon said. &#8220;It&#8217;s appropriate that not only the institution, but the individuals should be protected as well.&#8221; . . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/cruxnow.com\/global-church\/2017\/08\/18\/conscientious-objection-assisted-suicide-cases-threat-ontario\/\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crux Kevin J. Jones TORONTO, Canada &#8211; Conscience protections for Catholic hospitals and other organizations could soon come under fire in the Canadian province of Ontario, with one assisted suicide group saying they may challenge this legislation in court. Deacon Larry Worthen, executive director of the Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada, warned that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7302\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Conscientious objection in assisted suicide cases under threat in Ontario&#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":[77,32,643,162,9,295],"tags":[3886,1560,184,2303,384,2149],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-christianity-catholicism","category-euthanasia","category-news","category-religious-freedom","tag-christian-medical-and-dental-association-canada","tag-dying-with-dignity-canada","tag-hospitals","tag-larry-worthen","tag-ontario","tag-shanaaz-gokool"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Conscientious objection in assisted suicide cases under threat in Ontario - 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=7302\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conscientious objection in assisted suicide cases under threat in Ontario - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Crux Kevin J. 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