{"id":9935,"date":"2019-12-03T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T00:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9935"},"modified":"2020-01-18T15:34:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T23:34:25","slug":"debate-over-conscience-rights-hasnt-cooled-off-in-alberta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9935","title":{"rendered":"Debate over conscience rights hasn\u2019t cooled off in Alberta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"author\">Fifty Covenant Health physicians write open letter against Bill 207<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grandin Media<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Kyle Greenham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            A private member\u2019s bill to protect the conscience rights of health professionals in Alberta is still fighting for survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>             United Conservative Party MLA Dan Williams plans to advocate for <a href=\"https:\/\/grandinmedia.ca\/alberta-mla-moves-to-protect-conscience-rights-of-health-care-professionals\/\">Bill 207<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/grandinmedia.ca\/alberta-mla-moves-to-protect-conscience-rights-of-health-care-professionals\/\"><em>Conscience Rights (Health Care Providers) Protection Act,<\/em><\/a> well into the new year. Williams\u2019 bill would ensure health practitioners \u2014 and organizations \u2014 can conscientiously decline a procedure without worry that they would be penalized or, at worst, lose their job. . .[<a href=\"https:\/\/grandinmedia.ca\/debate-over-conscience-rights-hasnt-cooled-off-in-alberta\/\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty Covenant Health physicians write open letter against Bill 207 Grandin Media Kyle Greenham A private member\u2019s bill to protect the conscience rights of health professionals in Alberta is still fighting for survival. United Conservative Party MLA Dan Williams plans to advocate for Bill 207, the Conscience Rights (Health Care Providers) Protection Act, well into &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9935\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Debate over conscience rights hasn\u2019t cooled off in Alberta&#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":[77,32,162,9,760],"tags":[3857,3876,3886,2114,3843,2303,3842,3907],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-euthanasia","category-news","category-proposed-laws","tag-alberta-bill-207","tag-alberta-medical-association","tag-christian-medical-and-dental-association-canada","tag-covenant-health","tag-dan-williams","tag-larry-worthen","tag-mary-ellen-haggerty","tag-shelley-duggan"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Debate over conscience rights hasn\u2019t cooled off in Alberta - 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=9935\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Debate over conscience rights hasn\u2019t cooled off in Alberta - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fifty Covenant Health physicians write open letter against Bill 207 Grandin Media Kyle Greenham A private member\u2019s bill to protect the conscience rights of health professionals in Alberta is still fighting for survival. 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