{"id":7470,"date":"2017-06-15T19:57:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T02:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7470"},"modified":"2018-03-04T20:09:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T04:09:51","slug":"ontario-doctors-challenge-policy-forcing-referrals-for-medically-assisted-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7470","title":{"rendered":"Ontario doctors challenge policy forcing referrals for medically assisted dying"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>College&#8217;s rules infringe on doctors&#8217; right to object on conscientious, religious grounds, groups argue<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>CBC News<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Amanda Pfeffer<\/p>\n<p>Rules forcing Ontario doctors to offer medically assisted dying \u2014 or at least a timely referral \u2014 infringe on their constitutional right to object on conscientious or religious grounds, several physicians&#8217; groups told a divisional court tribunal this week.<\/p>\n<p>Their lawyer is asking the tribunal for a judicial review of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario&#8217;s (CPSO) recent policy on assisted dying, which requires doctors to perform an &#8220;effective referral.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But several groups\u00a0including the Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada, the Canadian Federation of Catholic Physicians&#8217; Societies and Canadian Physicians for Life, along with\u00a0five individuals, are arguing the policy is the moral equivalent of\u00a0offering the procedure themselves. . . 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