{"id":7534,"date":"2017-05-18T15:44:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T22:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7534"},"modified":"2018-03-06T13:34:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T21:34:20","slug":"health-care-workers-bring-case-for-conscience-rights-to-ontario-legislature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7534","title":{"rendered":"Health care workers bring case for conscience rights to Ontario legislature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Catholic Register<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Michael Swan<\/p>\n<p>Armed with letters of support from religious community leaders, plus the official positions of the Ontario, Canadian and American Medical Associations, health care professionals descended on Queen&#8217;s Park May 18 in support of a Progressive Conservative private members&#8217; bill that would shield doctors from punishment by the College of Physicians and Surgeons and other regulatory bodies if they refuse to refer for medically assisted suicide.<\/p>\n<p>As the doctors entered the provincial legislature at 9 a.m., security staff warned the doctors they would not be allowed to sit in the public gallery that rings the law makers if they wear their scrubs, as that would be considered a form of protest.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing her scrubs, Concerned Ontario Doctors president Dr. Kulvinder Gill made the case for Conservative health critic Jeff Yurek&#8217;s Bill 129 at a 9:45 a.m. press conference. . . 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