{"id":9895,"date":"2019-11-16T18:44:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T02:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9895"},"modified":"2020-01-18T15:46:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T23:46:31","slug":"rally-against-conscience-rights-bill-207-gathers-hundreds-at-legislature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9895","title":{"rendered":"Rally against &#8216;conscience rights&#8217; Bill 207 gathers hundreds at legislature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CTV News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Alex Antoneshyn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        EDMONTON &#8212; Criticism swelled on Saturday of a new private \nmember&#8217;s bill that would undo a requirement of doctors to refer \ntreatment or service which goes against their beliefs, as protestors \nrallied at the Alberta Legislature to express their concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         Sanda Azocar, executive director of Friends of Medicare, called Bill 207, <em>The Conscience Rights Protection Act<\/em>, an unnecessary piece of proposed legislation that would cause discrimination and harm.  .  . 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Sanda Azocar, executive director of Friends of Medicare, called Bill 207, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9895\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rally against &#8216;conscience rights&#8217; Bill 207 gathers hundreds at legislature&#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":[46,77,2413,650,162],"tags":[3892,3843,1560,3858,3433,3891],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-assisted-suicide","category-body-reconfiguration","category-contraception","category-euthanasia","tag-bradley-peter","tag-dan-williams","tag-dying-with-dignity-canada","tag-friends-of-medicare","tag-jason-kenney","tag-sanda-azocar"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Rally against &#039;conscience rights&#039; Bill 207 gathers hundreds at legislature - 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=9895\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rally against &#039;conscience rights&#039; Bill 207 gathers hundreds at legislature - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CTV News Alex Antoneshyn EDMONTON &#8212; Criticism swelled on Saturday of a new private member&#8217;s bill that would undo a requirement of doctors to refer treatment or service which goes against their beliefs, as protestors rallied at the Alberta Legislature to express their concern. 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