and now each state's legislature will decide if and when its citizens will have legal access to
abortion care and if and when its physicians will be criminalized for providing what is …

For too long, bioethics has followed law in reducing “conscience” to “conscientious
objection,” in other words, to laws and policies permitting and protecting refusal. In …

We argue that, in certain circumstances, doctors might be professionally justified to provide
abortions even in those jurisdictions where abortion is illegal. That it is at least professionally …

Physicians' rights to refuse to participate in medical procedures that offend their conscience
may be incompatible with patients' rights to receive lawful, medically indicated treatment …

The question of whether health care professionals should have a legally protected right to
refuse, on the basis of claims of “conscience,” to provide patients with legally requested …

This issue's “Legal Briefing” column covers legal developments pertaining to conscience
clauses and conscientious refusal. Not only has this topic been the subject of recent articles …

Abstract “It's almost like putting salt in a wound, for this person who's already made a very
difficult decision,” suggested Meghan Patterson (an alias), a licensed obstetrician …

Conscientious objection refers to refusal by a health care provider (HCP) to provide certain
treatments, including the standard of care, to a patient based upon the provider's personal …

Conscientious objection was barely mentioned in debates about the ethics of healthcare
provision before the 1970s. 1 The conscientious objections that attracted public and …

The exercise of conscience in health care is generally considered synonymous with refusal
to participate in contested medical services, especially abortion. This depiction neglects the …