{"id":7839,"date":"2017-02-09T13:38:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T21:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7839"},"modified":"2017-11-05T13:41:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T21:41:09","slug":"right-the-wrong-of-dismissing-health-workers-conscience-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7839","title":{"rendered":"Right the wrong of dismissing health workers&#8217; conscience rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The Catholic Register<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Editorial<\/p>\n<p>Following the shooting deaths of six men inside a Quebec City mosque, politicians quite rightly condemned the slaughter and affirmed Canada&#8217;s commitment to diversity, inclusiveness and tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>But those words ring hollow in Ontario when applied to the dismissive way Catholic and other conscientiously objecting doctors are being treated on the issue of assisted suicide and euthanasia.<\/p>\n<p>No hint of accommodation is found in demands to compel doctors to either act against their religious beliefs and values or face discipline that could include loss of their medical license. Yet, that is the situation in Ontario. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicregister.org\/columns\/item\/24292-right-the-wrong-of-dismissing-health-workers-conscience-rights\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic Register Editorial Following the shooting deaths of six men inside a Quebec City mosque, politicians quite rightly condemned the slaughter and affirmed Canada&#8217;s commitment to diversity, inclusiveness and tolerance. But those words ring hollow in Ontario when applied to the dismissive way Catholic and other conscientiously objecting doctors are being treated on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7839\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Right the wrong of dismissing health workers&#8217; conscience rights&#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":[32,4,295,19],"tags":[3235,385,384,293],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-commentary","category-religious-freedom","category-repression-of-conscience","tag-coalition-for-healthcare-and-conscience-canada","tag-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-of-ontario","tag-ontario","tag-referral"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Right the wrong of dismissing health workers&#039; conscience rights - 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=7839\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Right the wrong of dismissing health workers&#039; conscience rights - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Catholic Register Editorial Following the shooting deaths of six men inside a Quebec City mosque, politicians quite rightly condemned the slaughter and affirmed Canada&#8217;s commitment to diversity, inclusiveness and tolerance. 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