{"id":9855,"date":"2019-11-10T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T22:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9855"},"modified":"2020-01-18T15:54:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T23:54:46","slug":"advocates-concerned-alberta-conscience-rights-bill-could-put-trans-people-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9855","title":{"rendered":"Advocates concerned Alberta conscience rights bill could put trans people at risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bill reopens debate on physicians&#8217; conscience rights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>CBC News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Jordan Omstead<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        Advocates say a bill before the Alberta legislature, purported \nto defend the conscience rights of health-care professionals, could \neffectively legalize discrimination against transgender people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        Critics say the bill strips the requirement for health-care \nprofessionals to refer a patient to another physician&nbsp;if the patient&#8217;s \nneeds&nbsp;conflict&nbsp;with their personal or religious beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        &#8220;This bill, as it stands, is going to create a situation where \nthere will be legal, government-sanctioned discrimination,&#8221; said Holly \nTomm, president of the Trans Equality Society of Alberta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         &#8220;It needs to be stopped.&#8221; . . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/edmonton\/advocates-say-conscience-rights-bill-207-1.5354803\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill reopens debate on physicians&#8217; conscience rights CBC News Jordan Omstead Advocates say a bill before the Alberta legislature, purported to defend the conscience rights of health-care professionals, could effectively legalize discrimination against transgender people. 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