{"id":9616,"date":"2019-05-17T20:49:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T03:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9616"},"modified":"2019-09-25T20:58:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T03:58:46","slug":"with-ontario-courts-ruling-on-doctors-the-revolution-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9616","title":{"rendered":"With Ontario court&#8217;s ruling on doctors, the revolution continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There is a growing antipathy among Canadian elites against conscientious individuals who refuse to accept their views<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>National Post<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">\nBarry W. Bussey<a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.orgauthors.aspx#Barry_W._Bussey\">*<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        How is it that such a simple decision could be made so complicated? Given the history of accommodating individual conscience in the medical profession and in Canadian law, the case before the Ontario Court of Appeal to accommodate doctors&#8217; consciences was a &#8220;no-brainer.&#8221; The law, history, and basic human decency cried out: &#8220;Accommodate the physician!&#8221; Instead, the highest court in Ontario followed the worrying legal revolution against accommodation and stomped on conscience. And it did so wrapped up in language that purported to support vulnerable patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         The decision against physicians who, because of conscience, cannot assist in the intentional killing of a human being, pre- or post-birth, is a travesty of justice. It is wrong. It is wrong morally, ethically and legally. . . 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Given the history of accommodating individual conscience in the medical profession and in Canadian law, the case before the Ontario &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9616\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;With Ontario court&#8217;s ruling on doctors, the revolution continues&#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":[32,217,8],"tags":[3789,385,293],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-lawsuits","category-legal-commentary","tag-barry-w-bussey","tag-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-of-ontario","tag-referral"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>With Ontario court&#039;s ruling on doctors, the revolution continues - 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=9616\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"With Ontario court&#039;s ruling on doctors, the revolution continues - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There is a growing antipathy among Canadian elites against conscientious individuals who refuse to accept their views National Post Barry W. 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