CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION

Canadian MP tables bill to formalise MAiD conscience protections

Xavier Symons | 02 November 2018 | Comments

tags: canada, conscientious objection, maid

The bill would make it an offence to coerce a healthcare professional into providing MAiD

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“I object”: leading academic responds to criticisms of CO in health care

Xavier Symons | 27 October 2018 | Comments

tags: conscientious objection, law

And so the debate continues.

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Win for conscientious objection in Norway

Michael Cook | 21 October 2018 | Comments

tags: conscientious objection, norway

Doctor who refused to insert IUDs vindicated

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Queensland decriminalises abortion

Michael Cook | 21 October 2018 | Comments

tags: abortion, australia, conscientious objection, queensland

Bill passes easily, 51 to 41.

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Academics continue to spar over conscientious objection

Xavier Symons | 13 October 2018 | Comments

tags: conscience, conscientious objection

Some argue it's about conscience; others say it's about real issues.

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Another step closer to legal abortion in Ireland

Michael Cook | 21 September 2018 | Comments

tags: abortion, conscientious objection, ireland

President has signed legislation into law

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Abortion activists unveil strategy for attacking conscientious objection

Michael Cook | 04 August 2018 | Comments

tags: abortion, conscientious objection

‘A violation of medical ethics and of patients' right to health care’, they say

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Bioethicist says conscientious objection may be murder

Xavier Symons | 28 July 2018 | Comments

tags: abortion, catholic church, catholic health care, conscientious objection, law, us

Recent contributions to the literature have been particularly strident.

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May doctors refuse IVF to LGBT individuals?

Michael Cook | 26 May 2018 | Comments

tags: conscientious objection, lgbt bioethics

Is it only Christians who take refuge in conscientious objection?

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The morally messy world of international NGOs

Michael Cook | 25 March 2018 | Comments

tags: complicity, conscience, conscientious objection, cooperation in evil

When are they complicit in the actions of oppressors?

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UK Parliament to debate conscientious objection

Michael Cook | 27 January 2018 | Comments

tags: conscientious objection, uk

A website, the Free Conscience Campaign, launched to back bill

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Trump administration moves to defend conscience rights

Xavier Symons | 20 January 2018 | Comments

tags: conscience, conscientious objection, health and human services, trump, us

HHS has announced a new division that will protect COs.

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Should doctors comply with all patient requests?

Michael Cook | 02 December 2017 | Comments

tags: conscientious objection, patient refusal, patient satisfaction

If they want to maximise their compensation, perhaps the answer is Yes.

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Michigan mother jailed for refusing to vaccinate child

Xavier Symons | 14 October 2017 | Comments

tags: anti-vaxxer, conscientious objection, immunisation, law, us, vaccination

A 40-year-old Michigan anti-vaxxer has been sentenced to seven days jail.

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Another anti-vaxxer barred from entering Australia

Michael Cook | 02 September 2017 | Comments

tags: australia, conscientious objection, vaccination

A prominent anti-vaccination campaigner has been barred from entering Australia.

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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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