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Submission to College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (September 11 , 2008) |
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Canadian Physicians for Life responds to CPSO's draft policy document, "Physicians and the Ontario Human Rights Code" |
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Initial submission to College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (August 18, 2008) |
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Canadian Physicians for Life's initial response to CPSO's draft policy document, "Physicians and the Ontario Human Rights Code" |
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Proposed policy could severely limit freedom of Ontario physicians to practice according to conscience (August 15, 2008) |
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In a letter to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Dr. Will Johnston expressed concern over a draft policy relating to freedom of conscience and the lack of sufficient notice given by CPSO that a consultation process was underway. |
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Vaccines derived from aborted fetal tissue: history and ethical reflections |
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Contains the following two articles, posted with permission from the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly:
"A Brief History of Human Diploid Cell Strains" by Rene Leiva, MD
"Moral Reflections on Vaccines Prepared from Cells Derived from Aborted Human Fetuses" by Pontifical Academy for Life |
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"Dismembering the Ethical Physician" by Dr. Stephen Genuis, Postgrad Medical Journal 2006 |
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In a climate of ever-proliferating ethical quandaries, it is essential for the medical community, health institutions, and governing bodies to pursue a judicious tension between the indispensable regulation of physicians necessary to maintain professional standards and preserve public safety, and the support for "freedom of conscience" that principled physicians require to practise medicine in keeping with their personal ethical orientation. |
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CPL president responds to CMAJ guest editorial, "Abortion: ensuring access" |
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In the guest editorial which appeared in the July 4, 2006 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, Sanda Rodgers and Jocelyn Downie erroneously claim that the Supreme Court's 1988 Morgentaler decision recognized a constitutional right to abortion. The authors are also mistaken when they claim that physicians who fail to provide abortion referrals "are committing malpractice and risk lawsuits and disciplinary proceedings." |
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Protection of Conscience Project |
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Canadian Physicians for Life supports the Protection of Conscience Project. Protection of conscience laws ensure that people cannot be forced to participate in medical procedures to which they object for reasons of conscience. |
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An Open Letter to Canada's Health Minister Honourable Allan Rock |
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Current questions regarding abortion funding, gender selection, and conscience rights could serve as an opportunity to reassess and discuss the abortion issue. Can we agree that over 110,000 abortions annually in Canada is evidence of social failure? Then it is time to state our positions and work on resolutions to improve this situation. |
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No Duty to Refer |
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The issues of abortion referral and conscientious objection are of keen concern to pro-life physicians and increasingly at issue in the practice of family medicine...Independent medical professionals have no duty to refer anyone to anyone when the referral would violate the conscience and the medical good judgment of the professional. |
