{"id":7752,"date":"2017-03-23T21:21:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T04:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7752"},"modified":"2018-03-05T18:43:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T02:43:02","slug":"naturopath-doctor-argues-for-conscience-rights-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7752","title":{"rendered":"Naturopath doctor argues for conscience rights protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The Catholic Register<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Michael Swan<\/p>\n<p>A naturopath stole the show as hearings began into Ontario&#8217;s enabling legislation for doctor assisted suicide at Queen&#8217;s Park on March 23.<\/p>\n<p>Conscience rights aren&#8217;t primarily about religion, but rather about the convictions of citizens and the obligation governments have to respect and protect citizens and their convictions, Dr. Nora Pope told members of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I won&#8217;t refer for killing because I don&#8217;t believe in killing,&#8221; Pope told legislators as she pleaded for an amendment to Bill 84 to protect the conscience rights of medical practitioners. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicregister.org\/home\/international\/item\/24673-atheist-naturopath-doctor-argues-for-conscience-rights-protection\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic Register Michael Swan A naturopath stole the show as hearings began into Ontario&#8217;s enabling legislation for doctor assisted suicide at Queen&#8217;s Park on March 23. Conscience rights aren&#8217;t primarily about religion, but rather about the convictions of citizens and the obligation governments have to respect and protect citizens and their convictions, Dr. Nora &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7752\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Naturopath doctor argues for conscience rights protection&#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":[77,32,162,9,760],"tags":[2904,3886,2872,2513,2257,2303,2903,384],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-euthanasia","category-news","category-proposed-laws","tag-althea-burrell","tag-christian-medical-and-dental-association-canada","tag-france-gelinas","tag-jeff-yurek","tag-john-fraser","tag-larry-worthen","tag-nora-pope","tag-ontario"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Naturopath doctor argues for conscience rights protection - 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=7752\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Naturopath doctor argues for conscience rights protection - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Catholic Register Michael Swan A naturopath stole the show as hearings began into Ontario&#8217;s enabling legislation for doctor assisted suicide at Queen&#8217;s Park on March 23. 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