Tag: Conscientious Objection
Sydneysiders turn out in their thousands in second anti-abortion rally
Thousands rallied together outside NSW Parliament House on Wednesday evening to oppose an “evil” bill which could force Catholic hospitals to provide and perform abortions, while removing the conscientious objection rights of healthcare workers across the state.
Debate begins on abortion bill
Debate on the Greens bill to broaden New South Wales' already extreme abortion laws began in NSW Parliament on 26 March.
Conscientious objections downplayed in ACT dying report
A parliamentary inquiry into the ACT's proposed voluntary assisted dying laws has been criticised for a “serious omission” in making no recommendations for conscientious objection provisions in its majority report.
Conscientious objection conference for healthcare workers
Healthcare workers and students concerned about the encroachment of the law on key life issues, including so-called voluntary assisted dying (VAD) and abortion, will...
Inverting medical ethics to suit politics
By Dr Bernadette Tobin
A thought experiment
Daniel Sulmasy, a Catholic medical doctor and philosopher who works at Georgetown University in Washington DC, once invited us...