{"id":8240,"date":"2018-03-22T20:03:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T03:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8240"},"modified":"2018-04-04T20:08:44","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T03:08:44","slug":"thousands-step-up-in-support-of-doctors-conscience-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8240","title":{"rendered":"Thousands step up in support of doctors&#8217; conscience fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Catholic Register<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Michael Swan<\/p>\n<p>An Ontario campaign to pressure politicians over the protection of health care conscience rights is &#8220;democracy in action,&#8221; said an organizer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadiansforconscience.ca\/\"><strong> The Coalition of HealthCARE<\/strong> <\/a>has so far collected 19,000 names and e-mail addresses in its &#8220;Call for Conscience Campaign.&#8221; That does not include results from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archtoronto.org\/media-centre\/news-archive\/chancery-news\/join-the-call-for-conscience--february-6-to-march-31-2017\"> <strong>Archdiocese of Toronto<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The non-partisan campaign was launched to oppose and raise awareness about regulations that force doctors to refer for assisted suicide and euthanasia against their moral convictions.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of March, people who have signed up during the campaign should receive instructions about how to e-mail all the candidates in their ridings in the run-up to Ontario\u2019s June 7 provincial election. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicregister.org\/item\/27027-thousands-step-up-in-support-of-doctors-conscience-fight\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic Register Michael Swan An Ontario campaign to pressure politicians over the protection of health care conscience rights is &#8220;democracy in action,&#8221; said an organizer. The Coalition of HealthCARE has so far collected 19,000 names and e-mail addresses in its &#8220;Call for Conscience Campaign.&#8221; That does not include results from the Archdiocese of Toronto. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8240\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thousands step up in support of doctors&#8217; conscience fight&#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":[32,643,7,217,9,295,19],"tags":[1274,1822,99,2223,3886,3235,385,2303,384],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-christianity-catholicism","category-law","category-lawsuits","category-news","category-religious-freedom","category-repression-of-conscience","tag-canadian-catholic-bioethics-institute","tag-canadian-federation-of-catholic-physicians-societies-cfcps","tag-canadian-physicians-for-life","tag-catholic-health-alliance-of-canada","tag-christian-medical-and-dental-association-canada","tag-coalition-for-healthcare-and-conscience-canada","tag-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-of-ontario","tag-larry-worthen","tag-ontario"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Thousands step up in support of doctors&#039; conscience fight - 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=8240\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thousands step up in support of doctors&#039; conscience fight - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Catholic Register Michael Swan An Ontario campaign to pressure politicians over the protection of health care conscience rights is &#8220;democracy in action,&#8221; said an organizer. 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