{"id":7699,"date":"2017-04-12T09:19:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T16:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7699"},"modified":"2018-03-06T18:48:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T02:48:49","slug":"conscience-rights-protection-amendments-voted-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7699","title":{"rendered":"Conscience rights protection amendments voted down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Catholic Register<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Michael Swan<\/p>\n<p>The majority Liberal government at Queen&#8217;s Park has crushed an opposition attempt to incorporate conscience protections for doctors in its legislation on assisted suicide.<\/p>\n<p>The government majority on the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs voted down two versions of a Progressive Conservative amendment to Bill-84 that would have removed the threat of license suspensions and other disciplinary actions against doctors who refuse to make an &#8220;effective referral&#8221; for medical assistance in dying (MAID).<\/p>\n<p>New Democratic Party representatives on the committee abstained on the issue. . . 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