{"id":7563,"date":"2017-05-04T18:39:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T01:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7563"},"modified":"2018-03-04T20:17:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T04:17:49","slug":"conservative-mpp-yurek-keeps-up-fight-for-conscience-rights-with-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7563","title":{"rendered":"Conservative MPP Yurek keeps up fight for conscience rights with bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The Catholic Register<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Evan Boudreau<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario Liberals&#8217; rejection of amendments to its assisted suicide legislation leaves MPP Jeff Yurek &#8220;very disappointed&#8221; but not defeated as the Conservative prepares to introduce a private member&#8217;s bill to protect conscience rights for doctors and health care workers.<\/p>\n<p>On May 18, the Conservative&#8217;s bill will be brought forward to the legislature for an evaluation of the pros and cons. While Yurek expects scrutiny similar to that which faced Bill 84 amendments, he&#8217;s still hopeful to garner support from the majority of his political peers.<\/p>\n<p>But that will require the votes of Liberal MPPs, who Yurek hopes will be influenced by their conscience and not the will of party leaders. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicregister.org\/item\/25069-conservative-mpp-yurek-keeps-up-fight-for-conscience-rights-with-bill\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic Register Evan Boudreau The Ontario Liberals&#8217; rejection of amendments to its assisted suicide legislation leaves MPP Jeff Yurek &#8220;very disappointed&#8221; but not defeated as the Conservative prepares to introduce a private member&#8217;s bill to protect conscience rights for doctors and health care workers. On May 18, the Conservative&#8217;s bill will be brought forward &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7563\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Conservative MPP Yurek keeps up fight for conscience rights with bill&#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":[77,32,162,7,9],"tags":[3886,3235,385,2513,2303,1202,293],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-euthanasia","category-law","category-news","tag-christian-medical-and-dental-association-canada","tag-coalition-for-healthcare-and-conscience-canada","tag-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-of-ontario","tag-jeff-yurek","tag-larry-worthen","tag-ontario-medical-association","tag-referral"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Conservative MPP Yurek keeps up fight for conscience rights with bill - 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=7563\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conservative MPP Yurek keeps up fight for conscience rights with bill - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Catholic Register Evan Boudreau The Ontario Liberals&#8217; rejection of amendments to its assisted suicide legislation leaves MPP Jeff Yurek &#8220;very disappointed&#8221; but not defeated as the Conservative prepares to introduce a private member&#8217;s bill to protect conscience rights for doctors and health care workers. 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