{"id":9837,"date":"2019-11-06T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9837"},"modified":"2019-12-29T09:47:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T17:47:27","slug":"alberta-private-members-bill-to-reopen-debate-on-physician-conscience-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9837","title":{"rendered":"Alberta private member&#8217;s bill to reopen debate on physician conscience rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UCP MLA Dan Williams says his bill is meant to simply affirm Charter rights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>CBC News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Dean Bennett<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        Alberta politicians are to debate the role of conscience rights \nand the responsibilities of physicians asked to assist or advise on \nabortions, contraception or medically assisted deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        United Conservative backbencher Dan Williams is to introduce \nThursday a private member&#8217;s bill to reassert the Charter-protected \nfreedom of conscience and religion for health providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        Williams says the bill is in response to an Appeal Court of Ontario ruling this spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         Ontario&#8217;s high court affirmed a lower court ruling that found  physicians who object on moral grounds to contentious issues like  abortion must offer patients an &#8220;effective referral&#8221; to another health  provider. . . 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