Spanish government tries to restrict conscientious objection
Right sentiment, wrong country: a demonstration in Buenos Aires in 2020 The Spanish government is considering measures to restrict conscientious objection for doctors. An editorial...
Pope Francis insists on right to conscientious objection for abortion refuseniks
Pope Francis Health workers have a non-negotiable right to conscientious objection if they are asked to participate in an abortion, Pope Francis told a conference of...
Mexico’s Supreme Court dismantles conscientious objection
The Supreme Court of Mexico is dismantling the right of doctors to conscientious objection, after its recent decision that the states must decriminalise abortion. In its decision...
Canada’s politicians go MIA in debate over conscientious objection for doctors
Conservatives decline to defend their own position Conscientious objection to abortion and euthanasia has emerged as an election issue in Canada’s 2021 federal election –...
Bioethicists joust over Canada’s ‘Medical Aid in Dying’
Journal of Medical Ethics features sparring views Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash The debate in Canada over euthanasia and assisted suicide – or,...
Queensland close to legalising euthanasia
Disputes over institutional conscientious objection City of Gold Coast, Queensland Legal euthanasia is drawing closer in the Australian state of Queensland. A committee has recommended...
Bioethicist could be next head of FDA
Ezekiel Emanuel is being floated as the Biden Administration’s choice The name of controversial bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel is being floated as the Biden Administration’s choice...
Conscientious objection under fire
If you can invoke CO not to do abortions, why not appeal to CO to do them? Conscientious objection to abortion and euthanasia is a...
World Medical Association moots mandatory referral for abortion and euthanasia
It is revising the International Code of Medical Ethics The World Medical Association is revising the International Code of Medical Ethics (ICoME) to limit the...
Proposal to liberalise California’s assisted suicide law after only 5 years
SB 380 will also make it more difficult to be a conscientious objector In 2015 California became the fifth American state to enact law permitting...
An Irish doctor fails in attempt to be a conscientious objector to Covid-19 policies
GP suspended for openly flouting guidelines and questioning the science An Irish general practitioner who described the Covid-19 pandemic as a hoax, refused to refer...