{"id":9904,"date":"2019-11-19T20:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9904"},"modified":"2020-01-18T15:44:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T23:44:46","slug":"bill-removes-checks-on-doctors-who-put-conscience-over-patients-well-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9904","title":{"rendered":"Bill removes checks on doctors who put conscience over patients&#8217; well-being"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">174 Alberta physicians sign letter against protection of conscience bill<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Edmonton Journal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Michelle Jung<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n                        Please consider this letter of concern regarding\n Bill 207 Conscience Rights Protection Act. As practising physicians, we\n have significant concerns with this legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>                         Physicians have numerous responsibilities, of  which the most important is protecting the interests of our patients.  Section 4(a) states that \u201cDespite any provision of the Health  Professions Act, a regulatory body may not impose a requirement on a  health care provider that may result in the health care provider being  compelled, directly or indirectly, to perform a health care service that  they determine would infringe their conscientious beliefs.\u201d . . .[<a href=\"https:\/\/edmontonjournal.com\/opinion\/letters\/opinion-bill-removes-checks-on-doctors-who-put-conscience-over-patients-well-being\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>174 Alberta physicians sign letter against protection of conscience bill Edmonton Journal Michelle Jung Please consider this letter of concern regarding Bill 207 Conscience Rights Protection Act. As practising physicians, we have significant concerns with this legislation. Physicians have numerous responsibilities, of which the most important is protecting the interests of our patients. Section 4(a) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9904\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bill removes checks on doctors who put conscience over patients&#8217; well-being&#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":[32,9,760],"tags":[3857,3895,293],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-news","category-proposed-laws","tag-alberta-bill-207","tag-michelle-jung","tag-referral"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Bill removes checks on doctors who put conscience over patients&#039; well-being - 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=9904\" \/>\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 removes checks on doctors who put conscience over patients&#039; well-being - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"174 Alberta physicians sign letter against protection of conscience bill Edmonton Journal Michelle Jung Please consider this letter of concern regarding Bill 207 Conscience Rights Protection Act. 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