Reproductive health care is the only field in medicine where health care professionals
(HCPs) are allowed to limit a patient's access to a legal medical treatment–usually abortion …

A widespread assumption has taken hold in the field of medicine that we must allow health
care professionals the right to refuse treatment under the guise of 'conscientious …

In medicine, the vast majority of conscientious objection (CO) is exercised within the
reproductive healthcare field–particularly for abortion and contraception. Current laws and …

The practice of conscientious objection often arises in the area of individuals refusing to fulfil
compulsory military service requirements and is based on the right to freedom of thought …

The issue of conscientious objection (CO) arises in healthcare when doctors and nurses
refuse to have any involvement in the provision of treatment of certain patients due to their …

The aim of this paper is to define a set of proposals to inform European institutions in the
regulation of Conscientious Objection to abortion. The board of the European Society of …

The practice of conscientious objection by healthcare workers is growing across the globe. It
is most common in reproductive healthcare settings because of the religious or moral values …

Abstract Background Global Doctors for Choice—a transnational network of physician
advocates for reproductive health and rights—began exploring the phenomenon of …

Conscientious objection to abortion–a clinician's refusal to perform abortions because of
moral or religious beliefs–is a limited right, intended to protect clinicians' convictions while …

This article explores the issue of conscientious objection invoked by health professionals in
the reproductive and sexual health care context and its impact on women's ability to access …