Health Professionals’ Pledge Against Torture <\/a>that includes statements that signatories will never “participate or condone” torture and support colleagues who “resist orders to torture or inflict harm.”\u00a0 It also commits signatories to insist that their professional associations support those facing pressure “to participate or condone torture and ill-treatment.”<\/p>\nWhat is noteworthy is that the pledge is not limited to simply refusing to torture someone, but\u00a0is a pledge against participation (which would include forms of facilitation like referral) and against condoning the practice.<\/p>\n
Replace “torture” with\u00a0commonly morally contested procedures and it becomes obvious that the ethical position taken by Physicians for Human Rights vis-\u00e0-vis torture is identical to the position of many health care professionals who\u00a0object\u00a0to practices like\u00a0euthanasia\u00a0or abortion for reasons of conscience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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