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New hope for Ontario doctors' conscience fight

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:52:00 -0500

New evidence heard in court has given Ontario��Ƶapp medical conscientious objectors renewed hope.

Ontario conscience rights case now in judges’ hands

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 16:20:00 -0400

TORONTO – Three days and nearly two dozen lawyers arguing the broad principles and technical details of constitutional law before a three-judge has panel left Christian Medical and Dental Society executive director Deacon Larry Worthen “cautiously optimistic.”

Doctors’ human rights ‘violated’ by proposed new guidelines

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 12:00:50 -0500

TORONTO - The human rights of doctors would be “violated” by proposed guidelines that would require Ontario doctors, even against their conscience, to refer patients for assisted suicide, said the executive director of the Christian Medical and Dental Society.

Christian doctors take College of Physicians and Surgeons to court

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:00:00 -0400

After seven months of refusing to meet face-to-face with the affected doctors, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario will now face them in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

Doctors group going to court to assert conscience rights

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:30:00 -0400

The first legal challenge to a policy that would force Ontario doctors to refer for abortions against their conscience has been announced by the Christian Medical and Dental Society.