{"id":9849,"date":"2019-11-08T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9849"},"modified":"2020-01-18T15:56:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T23:56:42","slug":"reaction-grows-to-bill-that-would-allow-doctors-to-refuse-procedures-based-on-moral-objections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9849","title":{"rendered":"Reaction grows to bill that would allow doctors to refuse procedures based on moral objections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some say the bill could put women&#8217;s and LGBTQ rights in question<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>CBC News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Natalie Valleau<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         Public debate swelled Friday after United Conservative Party  MLAs voted to advance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/proposed\/canada-alberta-002.aspx\">a private member&#8217;s bill<\/a> that some say could  put&nbsp;women&#8217;s and LGBTQ rights in question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         The bill would not only let Alberta doctors refuse to advise or  assist on things&nbsp;they object to due to for personal or religious beliefs  \u2014 like&nbsp;abortions, contraception or medically assisted death (MAID)&nbsp;\u2014  but also drops the current obligation that they steer patients elsewhere  for help. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/conscience-rights-alberta-legislature-abortion-ucp-bill-207-1.5354209\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some say the bill could put women&#8217;s and LGBTQ rights in question CBC News Natalie Valleau Public debate swelled Friday after United Conservative Party MLAs voted to advance a private member&#8217;s bill that some say could put&nbsp;women&#8217;s and LGBTQ rights in question. The bill would not only let Alberta doctors refuse to advise or assist &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9849\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Reaction grows to bill that would allow doctors to refuse procedures based on moral objections&#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":[46,77,32,650,162,9,760],"tags":[3857,3843,3858,3867],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-contraception","category-euthanasia","category-news","category-proposed-laws","tag-alberta-bill-207","tag-dan-williams","tag-friends-of-medicare","tag-kristopher-wells"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Reaction grows to bill that would allow doctors to refuse procedures based on moral objections - 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=9849\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reaction grows to bill that would allow doctors to refuse procedures based on moral objections - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some say the bill could put women&#8217;s and LGBTQ rights in question CBC News Natalie Valleau Public debate swelled Friday after United Conservative Party MLAs voted to advance a private member&#8217;s bill that some say could put&nbsp;women&#8217;s and LGBTQ rights in question. 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