{"id":8674,"date":"2018-04-24T15:39:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T22:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8674"},"modified":"2018-08-22T15:43:04","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T22:43:04","slug":"un-agencies-denounce-mexico-for-proposed-law-allowing-doctors-to-opt-out-of-abortion-euthanasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8674","title":{"rendered":"UN agencies denounce Mexico for proposed law allowing doctors to opt out of abortion, euthanasia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>LifeSite News<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Matthew Cullinan Hoffman<\/p>\n<p>April 24, 2018 (<a href=\"http:\/\/lifesitenews.com\/\">LifeSiteNews.com<\/a>) \u2013 Three United Nations agencies are denouncing Mexico&#8217;s Senate for passing legislation that will protect the right of medical professionals to abstain from practices for which they have a conscientious objection.<\/p>\n<p>Although the legislation covers any case of conscientious objection by a doctor or nurse, it is regarded as most applicable to medical professionals who do not wish to cooperate with anti-life procedures such as abortion, euthanasia, and sterilization.<\/p>\n<p>The three agencies, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the Office in Mexico of the High Commissioner of the United Nations for Human Rights (OHCHR), together denounced the legislation for not requiring conscientious objectors to give referrals to doctors who are willing to carry out the medical practice at issue. . . <strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/un-agencies-denounce-mexico-for-proposed-law-allowing-doctors-to-opt-out-of\">Full Text<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LifeSite News Matthew Cullinan Hoffman April 24, 2018 (LifeSiteNews.com) \u2013 Three United Nations agencies are denouncing Mexico&#8217;s Senate for passing legislation that will protect the right of medical professionals to abstain from practices for which they have a conscientious objection. Although the legislation covers any case of conscientious objection by a doctor or nurse, it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8674\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;UN agencies denounce Mexico for proposed law allowing doctors to opt out of abortion, euthanasia&#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":[46,162,40,3407,9,3439],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-euthanasia","category-international","category-mexico","category-news","category-united-nations"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>UN agencies denounce Mexico for proposed law allowing doctors to opt out of abortion, euthanasia - 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=8674\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UN agencies denounce Mexico for proposed law allowing doctors to opt out of abortion, euthanasia - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LifeSite News Matthew Cullinan Hoffman April 24, 2018 (LifeSiteNews.com) \u2013 Three United Nations agencies are denouncing Mexico&#8217;s Senate for passing legislation that will protect the right of medical professionals to abstain from practices for which they have a conscientious objection. 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