{"id":8095,"date":"2018-03-03T14:03:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T22:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8095"},"modified":"2018-04-03T21:46:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T04:46:33","slug":"nova-scotia-make-a-call-for-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8095","title":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia: make a call for conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Nova Scotia\u00a0Call for Conscience 2018<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rgNLt6W-ww0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadiansforconscience.ca\">Coalition for HealthCARE and Conscience<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over recent months, it has become increasingly clear that the conscience rights of Nova Scotia doctors are not being adequately protected.<\/p>\n<p>A leading Nova Scotia medical regulator recently told doctors they must participate in euthanasia by making an \u201ceffective referral\u201d even if this would require them to violate their conscience. It was made clear that the penalty for refusing to comply could be discipline for \u201cunprofessional conduct\u201d. Performing or referring for\u00a0assisted suicide and euthanasia involve killing a patient. This is directly opposed to the teachings of many faiths and the traditional Hippocratic oath. Most health care professionals embarked on their careers to heal people, not kill them. No Nova Scotian should be required to be involved against their will.<\/p>\n<p>Other provinces have found ways to provide access without forcing people to act against their moral convictions.<\/p>\n<p>We need to let the Minister of Health of Nova Scotia know that we need legislation to protect conscience rights in our province. In November, Manitoba legislators <a href=\"http:\/\/web2.gov.mb.ca\/laws\/statutes\/ccsm\/m092e.php\">passed a Bill <\/a>which said that Manitoba health care professionals could not be compelled to participate in assisted suicide. We need a similar bill here in Nova Scotia. Please write the Minister of Health using the form below. The letter will automatically be sent to the Premier and the leaders of the opposition parties. Conscience rights are an all party issue. We need our legislators to show their support for Nova Scotia health care professionals.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadiansforconscience.ca\/nova_scotia\">Take action here. Write to the Government of Nova Scotia.<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nova Scotia\u00a0Call for Conscience 2018 Coalition for HealthCARE and Conscience Over recent months, it has become increasingly clear that the conscience rights of Nova Scotia doctors are not being adequately protected. A leading Nova Scotia medical regulator recently told doctors they must participate in euthanasia by making an \u201ceffective referral\u201d even if this would require &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8095\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nova Scotia: make a call for conscience&#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":[32,9,459,295,29],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-news","category-pluralism-secularism","category-religious-freedom","category-videos"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Nova Scotia: make a call for conscience - 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=8095\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nova Scotia: make a call for conscience - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nova Scotia\u00a0Call for Conscience 2018 Coalition for HealthCARE and Conscience Over recent months, it has become increasingly clear that the conscience rights of Nova Scotia doctors are not being adequately protected. 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