{"id":9845,"date":"2019-11-08T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9845"},"modified":"2020-01-18T15:57:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T23:57:41","slug":"bill-207-challenges-abortion-access-based-on-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9845","title":{"rendered":"Bill 207 challenges abortion access based on &#8216;conscience&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Calgary Herald<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Don Braid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> . . . The episode masked a much more consequential matter this week \u2014 the introduction of <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.orglaw\/proposed\/canada-alberta-002.aspx\">Bill 207<\/a>, called the \u201cConscience Rights (Health Care Providers Protection Act.)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        It might seem innocuous at first, but this bill is a significant\n backdoor effort to limit patient access to abortion, all in the name of\n conscience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        The private member\u2019s bill, sponsored by Peace River UCP MLA Dan Williams, will be debated and quite possibly passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         It provides immunity from complaint or discipline to health  providers that refuse to deal with patients whose needs offend their  conscience. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/calgaryherald.com\/news\/politics\/braid-bill-207-challenges-abortion-access-based-on-conscience\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calgary Herald Don Braid . . . The episode masked a much more consequential matter this week \u2014 the introduction of Bill 207, called the \u201cConscience Rights (Health Care Providers Protection Act.)\u201d It might seem innocuous at first, but this bill is a significant backdoor effort to limit patient access to abortion, all in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9845\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bill 207 challenges abortion access based on &#8216;conscience&#8217;&#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":[46,32,4,760],"tags":[3857,3843],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-canada","category-commentary","category-proposed-laws","tag-alberta-bill-207","tag-dan-williams"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Bill 207 challenges abortion access based on &#039;conscience&#039; - 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=9845\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bill 207 challenges abortion access based on &#039;conscience&#039; - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Calgary Herald Don Braid . . . 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