{"id":9960,"date":"2019-12-12T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T03:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9960"},"modified":"2020-01-01T19:51:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T03:51:15","slug":"doctors-can-object-to-procedures-not-specific-patients-under-revised-religious-discrimination-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9960","title":{"rendered":"Doctors can object to procedures, not specific patients, under revised religious discrimination bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"author\">RACGP President Dr Harry Nespolon cautiously welcomed the revisions, saying the college will \u2018carefully consider\u2019 the revised bill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>News GP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\"> Doug Hendrie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            Under the revisions, conscientious objectors could refuse to provide treatments to which they objected on religious grounds, as long as the refusal is a blanket ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            Speaking at a press conference, Attorney-General Christian Porter said the revised bill means it would be acceptable for a GP to, for example, refuse to \u2018engage in hormone therapies\u2019 for transgender patients broadly, but not for an individual patient only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>             The revisions are intended to rule out discrimination, Mr Porter said. . . 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