Background: Conscientious objection (CO) in the context of health care arises when a health
care professional (HCP) refuses to participate in a certain procedure because it is not …

The availability of willing providers of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in Canada has
been an issue since a Canadian Supreme Court decision and the subsequent passing of …

In 2019, several US states passed “heartbeat” bills. Should such bills go into effect, they
would outlaw abortion once an embryonic heartbeat can be detected, thereby severely …

Recently, debate over whether health care providers should have a protected right to
conscientiously refuse to offer legal health care services—such as abortion, elective …

Abstract “Conscientious provision” refers to situations in which clinicians wish to provide
legal and professionally accepted treatments prohibited within their (usually Catholic) health …

This paper argues that healthcare aims at the good of health, that this pursuit of the good
necessitates conscience, and that conscience is required in every practical judgement …

The debate regarding the role of conscientious objection in healthcare has been protracted,
with increasing demands for curbs on conscientious objection. There is a growing body of …

In complex, pluralistic societies, different views concerning the moral duties of healthcare
professionals inevitably exist: according to some accounts, doctors can and should …

Conscientious objection remains a very heated topic with strong opinions arguing for and
against its utilization in contemporary health care. This paper summarizes and analyzes …

Background: Conscientious objection (CO) in the context of health care arises when a health
care professional (HCP) refuses to participate in a certain procedure because it is not …