{"id":7536,"date":"2017-05-18T16:22:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T23:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7536"},"modified":"2018-03-06T18:34:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T02:34:40","slug":"when-doctors-say-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7536","title":{"rendered":"When doctors say No"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A law professor defends physicians&#8217; right to conscientious objection<\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>MercatorNet<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Michael Quinlan<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/authors.aspx#Michael_Quinlan\">*<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>As abortion, euthanasia and other controversial procedures become more widespread, conscientious objection for healthcare workers is becoming a flashpoint for controversy throughout the Western world. Some doctors and ethicists have argued that conscientious objection itself is unethical because doctors are required to fulfil any legal request that their patients make. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MercatorNet interviewed Professor Michael Quinlan, dean of the law school at the Sydney campus of the University of Notre Dame Australia, about this contentious issue. He has just published an article on the situation in Australian jurisdictions. [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.orglaw\/commentary\/legal078.aspx\">Full text<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A law professor defends physicians&#8217; right to conscientious objection MercatorNet Michael Quinlan* As abortion, euthanasia and other controversial procedures become more widespread, conscientious objection for healthcare workers is becoming a flashpoint for controversy throughout the Western world. Some doctors and ethicists have argued that conscientious objection itself is unethical because doctors are required to fulfil &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7536\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;When doctors say No&#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":[46,30,430,8,295],"tags":[910,2737,2736,3328,1207],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-australia","category-islam","category-legal-commentary","category-religious-freedom","tag-autonomy","tag-blood-transfusion","tag-jehovahs-witness","tag-michael-quinlan","tag-moral-distress"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>When doctors say No - 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=7536\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When doctors say No - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A law professor defends physicians&#8217; right to conscientious objection MercatorNet Michael Quinlan* As abortion, euthanasia and other controversial procedures become more widespread, conscientious objection for healthcare workers is becoming a flashpoint for controversy throughout the Western world. 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