the arguments<\/a> it proposed because the case was decided solely on the basis of freedom of religion claims. The Court of Appeal held that the evidence at trial was \u201cinsufficient to support an analysis of freedom of conscience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cTo the extent the individual appellants raise issues of conscience,\u201d said the Court, \u201cthey are inextricably grounded in their religious beliefs,\u201d so that, \u201cat its core, the appellants\u2019 claim is grounded in freedom of religion.\u201d[para. 85]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the arguments in the Project\u2019s intervention were not addressed at trial or in the appeal, Project Administrator Sean Murphy believes that they are unaffected by the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe focus of the Court was on religiously-motivated refusal to participate in perceived wrongdoing,\u201d said Murphy. \u201cThe analytical framework proposed in the joint intervention could easily have been adapted and applied to that particular form of the exercise of religious freedom. The evidentiary record would have been sufficient for that purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHowever, the Court did not do this, so the arguments still stand, and they can be raised again in another appropriate case.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The decision demonstrates that the judges uncritically adopted the view of the College that euthanasia, assisted suicide, abortion, contraception, sterilization, sex change surgery, etc. are acceptable forms of medical treatment or health care. They further noted that abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide \u201ccarry the stigmatizing legacy of several centuries of criminalization grounded in religious and secular morality.\u201d [para. 123]. On the other hand, they gave no weight to contrary views held by the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Court of Appeal also supported the College\u2019s assertion that objecting physicians unwilling to comply with the demand for effective referral could change their scope of practice and move into fields like \u201csleep medicine, hair restoration, sport and exercise medicine, hernia repair, skin disorders . . . obesity medicine, aviation examinations, travel medicine . . . administrative medicine or surgical assistance.\u201d[para. 71]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The appellants have 60 days to consider and appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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