{"id":9199,"date":"2019-03-26T21:25:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T04:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9199"},"modified":"2019-04-19T21:29:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T04:29:39","slug":"bolivian-catholic-bishops-comment-on-freedom-of-conscience-and-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9199","title":{"rendered":"Bolivian Catholic Bishops comment on freedom of conscience and religion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Assert right to conscientious objection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sean Murphy*<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Bolivia have published a statement <\/a>commenting favourably on changes to Bolivia’s law on freedom of conscience and religion. However, they criticize the failure to recognize a right to conscientious objection, referring to a physician in Sucre who is being disciplined for refusing to provide an abortion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“[W]e have expressed on several occasions the need to recognize in Bolivia the right to conscientious objection, in this and other matters, because we consider first order safeguarding individual and thought freedom and because no one should be forced to act against their conscience.”
<\/p>The right to conscientious objection<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Assert right to conscientious objection Sean Murphy* The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Bolivia have published a statement commenting favourably on changes to Bolivia’s law on freedom of conscience and religion. 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