2008
Medical student charged by professor with "abandonment" for no abortion
referral
(USA: 2008)
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| Brief examples that demonstrate the often subtle, sometimes flagrant and
increasingly pervasive discrimination faced by pro-life, faith-based and
conscience-driven individuals in the healthcare professions. . .
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Family medicine physician forced out over contraceptives for unmarried patients
(USA: 2008)
Freedom2Care.org
| Brief examples that demonstrate the often subtle, sometimes flagrant and
increasingly pervasive discrimination faced by pro-life, faith-based and
conscience-driven individuals in the healthcare professions. . .
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Medical student afraid to pursue Ob-Gyn career due to abortion pressure
(USA: 2008)
Freedom2Care.org
| Brief examples that demonstrate the often subtle, sometimes flagrant and
increasingly pervasive discrimination faced by pro-life, faith-based and
conscience-driven individuals in the healthcare professions. . .
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State of Victoria, Australia demands referral, performance of abortions
Abortion Law Reform Act 2008
(Australia: October, 2008)
Sean Murphy
|
The
Abortion Law Reform Act 2008 legalized abortion in the State of
Victoria, Australia. It demands that physicians who object to
abortion for reasons of conscience refer a woman to a colleague who has
no such objections in order to facilitate the procedure, and requires
physicians to perform abortions if necessary "to preserve the life of
the pregnant woman." . .
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Oxford Division Motion for British Medical Association
(United Kingdom: July, 2008)
Sean Murphy
|A motion considered at the annual general meeting of the British Medical
Association would have compelled physicians who object to abortion for reasons of conscience
to facilitate the procedure by referring patients to more willing
colleagues. The motion failed by a narrow margin. . .
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2007
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists continues attacks on
freedom of conscience
The
Limits of Conscientious Refusal in Reproductive Medicine
ACOG Committee on Ethics Opinion No. 385
(USA: November, 2007)
Sean Murphy
| . . . Perhaps recognizing that
a 2005 letter had
failed to make an ethical case for mandatory referral, the ACOG Committee on
Ethics released an opinion in November, 2007 that purported to do so. The
opinion, particularly when read in conjunction with a new bulletin from the
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG), poses a significant
threat to freedom of conscience for American physicians specializing in
obstetrics and gynaecology. . .
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Assisted suicide bills require objectors to facilitate assisted suicide
(Wisconsin, USA: April, 2007)
Sean Murphy
| Two assisted sucide bills lack protection of conscience clauses.
On the contrary: an objecting physician would be required to initiate
transfer the patient to a willing colleague. . .
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2005
American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists Demands Compulsory Referral for Abortion
Letter to American Senators from the President of the ACOG
(USA: August, 2005)
Sean Murphy
| A letter from the President of the ACOG to US Senators included a
number of statements concerning matters unrelated to freedom of
conscience, but also asked that lawmakers force conscientious objectors
to abortion to facilitate the procedure by referral. The ACOG was
unable or unwilling to explain the ethical basis for its demand. . .
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Philippines bill launches attack on freedom of conscience
House Bill 3773 would punish conscientious objection
with imprisonment
(Philippines: April, 2005)
CFAM | . . .the bill requires all employers, not
excluding the Catholic Church, to provide free of charge, "reproductive
health care services and devices to the workers" [including] voluntary
sterilization [and] prohibits persons "to act from conscience"
because it threatens up to six months imprisonment for "any health care
service provider who shall . . . refuse to perform voluntary
sterilization and ligation" . . .
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Draft Code of Ethics for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
Ontario College of Pharmacists
(Ontario, Canada: March, 2005)
Sean Murphy| Concerned pharmacists who would have objected to
a provision in a draft code of ethics adverse to freedom of conscience were unaware that
the regulator was contemplating it and were not consulted
about it. Similarly, igroups representing the interests of religious
believers who might be adversely impacted by the recommendation were not notified
or consulted. . .
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Missouri Senate Bill 458 Threatens Pharmacists
(Missouri, USA: February, 2005)
SB458 | Bill would impose a duty on objecting pharmacists to dispense prescriptions if not accommodated by an employer . . .
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New Jersey Senators Attack Freedom of Conscience for Pharmacists
(New Jersey, USA: January, 2005)
Senate No. 2178 | Bill prohibits pharmacist from
refusing to dispense medication solely for philosophical, moral or religious
reasons . . .
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