{"id":8835,"date":"2018-10-01T16:28:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T23:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8835"},"modified":"2019-02-08T16:39:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T00:39:05","slug":"conscientious-objection-in-reproductive-health-ancient-prerogative-or-harmful-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8835","title":{"rendered":"Conscientious objection in reproductive health \u2013 ancient prerogative or harmful practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"author\">J.M. Thorp Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.orgblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bjog.jpg\" alt=\"BJOG\" class=\"wp-image-8836\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We must return to our Pythagorean roots and not substitute a secular group conscience to replace individual conscience, and thereby protect the rights of all parties. My hope is that our specialty will uphold the right of individual clinicians to practise according to their consciences and we will continue to welcome Hippocratic clinicians into our ranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n<p>Thorp JM. <a href=\"http:\/\/ https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/1471-0528.15226\">Conscientious objection in reproductive health \u2013 ancient prerogative or harmful practice<\/a>.  BJOG. 2018 Oct;125(11):1357-1358. doi: 10.1111\/1471-0528.15226. 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