CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION

Doctors told to include contraceptive counselling in every adolescent consultation

Xavier Symons | 29 July 2017 | Comments

tags: clinical ethics, clinical practice, conscientious objection, contraception

The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology recommends contraceptive counselling for every visit.

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Ontario passes assisted dying law

Xavier Symons | 19 May 2017 | Comments

tags: canada, conscientious objection, euthanasia, ontario

Doctors worry about conscientious objection

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Conscience wars intensify in the US

Xavier Symons | 13 May 2017 | Comments

tags: abortion, conscientious objection, contraception, ezekiel emanuel, us

A new article on conscientious objection in the New England Journal of Medicine has sparked outcry among conservative bioethicists.

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Swedish midwife opposed to abortion appeals to European Court of Human Rights

Michael Cook | 26 April 2017 | Comments

tags: conscience, conscientious objection, sweden

Ellinor Grimmark has had to move to Norway to find work

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Catholic social teaching and the duty to vaccinate

Xavier Symons | 25 March 2017 | Comments

tags: catholicism, conscientious objection, paternalism, vaccination

Ever wondered what Catholicism says about vaccination?

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Anti-vaxxing: childcare and healthcare sanctions in Australia

Xavier Symons | 18 March 2017 | Comments

tags: australia, conscientious objection, immunisation, public health, vaccination

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull wants unvaccinated children banned from day care.

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Is it ethical to refuse a patient surgery for body art?

Michael Cook | 04 March 2017 | Comments

tags: body art, conscientious objection, informed consent

An ethicist argues that conscientious objection is not morally acceptable.

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A halfway house in the conscientious objection debate

Xavier Symons | 04 March 2017 | Comments

tags: abortion, conscientious objection, duty to refer

Conscientious objection? "We'll call it a draw", says one academic.

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British child must be vaccinated, court rules

Xavier Symons | 11 February 2017 | Comments

tags: conscientious objection, law, uk, vaccination

A British High Court Judge has ordered that a 7-month-old boy be given a meningitis vaccine.

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Swedish midwife fights for her conscience rights

Michael Cook | 28 January 2017 | Comments

tags: abortion, conscience, conscientious objection, sweden

She was sacked for refusing to participate in abortions

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Is climate change denial a crime?

Michael Cook | 12 November 2016 | Comments

tags: climate change, conscientious objection, free speech

A Norwegian ethicist says Yes.

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The battle over conscientious objection continues

Michael Cook | 05 November 2016 | Comments

tags: canada, conscience, conscientious objection, udo schuklenk

Leading editor responds to his critics

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Desperate times call for … rationing conscience

Xavier Symons | 15 October 2016 | Comments

tags: conscience, conscientious objection

Ever thought of conscience as a 'resource' to be 'rationed'?

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Oderberg on contraceptives, abortion and cooperation in wrongdoing

Xavier Symons | 08 October 2016 | Comments

tags: abortion, conscience, conscientious objection, contraception

A well-known moral philosopher says issues of cooperation in wrongdoing are essential to understanding conscientious objection.

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Are tribunals the solution to disruptive conscientious objectors?

Michael Cook | 01 October 2016 | Comments

tags: conscientious objection

They need to give reasons for their refusals

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Leading bioethics editors attack conscientious objection

Xavier Symons | 24 September 2016 | Comments

tags: abortion, conscientious objection, contraception, euthanasia

The editors of two major bioethics journals calling for strict limits on “conscientious objection at the bedside”.

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Has Obamacare created a “transgender mandate”?

Michael Cook | 11 September 2016 | Comments

tags: conscientious objection, transgender children, transgenderism

Activists claim that doctors will be forced to perform gender transition procedures.

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Bioethicists challenge right to conscientious objection

Xavier Symons | 03 September 2016 | Comments

tags: abortion, conscience, conscientious objection, contraception, healthcare, healthcare policy

Several bioethicists are campaigning for tight restrictions on conscientious objection in healthcare.

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Savulescu calls for ban on doctors’ conscientious objection

Xavier Symons | 25 August 2016 | Comments

tags: conscientious objection, julian savulescu

Does it lead to “bigoted, discriminatory medicine”?

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UK Parliament to study freedom of conscience for doctors over abortions

Xavier Symons | 25 June 2016 | Comments

tags: conscience, conscientious objection, UK

A new UK Parliamentary Inquiry into conscientious objection was launched this month.

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