Breaking News
December, 2005
Compulsory involvement in contraception, IVF
Freedom of choice in health care
European experts demand compulsory referral for abortion
South African nurse returns to court
Swiss hospital to permit assisted suicide
Illinois pharmacists file suit
Suspended sentence for killing son; euthanasia reconsidered in Czech Republic
Plans for hybrid rabbit-human embryos
Draft pharmacist 'conscience clause' dropped in Nevada
Objection to marital status sustained in California
China admits organ harvesting from executed prisoners
French prosecutor supports euthanasia
Prominent bioethicist denigrates sanctity of life ethic
Walgreens suppresses freedom of conscience
November, 2005
50 babies survive British abortions each year
Wrongful birth suit in Australia
Mandatory referral not good enough for Planned Parenthood
Conscientious objection permitted by assisted suicide bill introduced in UK House of Lords
Principle of vicarious moral responsibility supported by UN Committee
Wisconsin pharmacist appeals ruling
October, 2005
False term “pre-embryo” used in court case
Sex-selection of embryos approved
Missouri Governor promises conscience protection for pharmacists
Limited protection of conscience measure being considered in Nevada
Spanish Catholic pharmacists refuse to sell condoms
New Zealand GP gives up contraceptive practice
Investigation of euthanasia in New Orleans
Wisconsin Governor vetoes freedom of conscience for health care workers
Euthanasia campaigner will modify bill
Dignitas to open British office
British Medical Association position on assisted suicide repudiated by physicians
Normalization of eugenic screening of embryos
Canadian Bishop opposes euthanasia bill
September, 2005
Groningen Protocol to be approved for infant euthanasia
Attempt to suppress freedom of conscience fails in court
Prostitutes become "sex workers" for disabled
Assisted suicide group opens German office
Wisconsin bill goes to governor
Illinois judge refuses restraining order against governor's rule
Protection of conscience to be debated in Wisconsin Senate
Human stem cells from abortions used in mice
Assisted suicide bill to be debated
Massachusetts legislature overrides veto, legalizes repressive measure
Pharmacies sue Governor of Illinois
Health care cuts jeopardize patients
Wisconsin bill considered in hearing
Ontario College of Pharmacists seeks to suppress freedom of conscience
Medical students' forum planned for Montreal
Euthanasia conference planned in United Kingdom
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists attacks freedom of conscience
Abortion drug advocated in Australia
California bill compels pharmacies to dispense morning after pill
Euthanasia reported in New Orleans after hurricane
Scientists plan to make embryo with three parents
100 British peers support euthanasia
Peruvian court prohibits distribution of morning-after pill
August. 2005
Survey illustrates potential for conflicts of conscience
Objector begins court case in South Africa
Refusal to transport inmates not a conscience issue
Illinois pharmacists will defy governor's order
Aborted fetal skin used for grafts
Temporary rule becomes law in Illinois
UK Catholic Hospital permits abortion referral
Planned Parenthood criminalizes freedom of conscience
Catholic clergy oppose withdrawal of nutrition, hydration
Irish group challenging Irish ban on abortion
Half of Dutch doctors surveyed report euthanasia requests
Lesbian sues objecting physicians, seeks to deny defence of religious freedom
Morning after pill causes conflict in Mexico
Woman denied nutrition and hydration dies
Legal regulation of euthanasia advocated in Columbia
July, 2005
General Medical Council succeeds in appeal
US House committee holds hearing on attack on freedom of conscience by Illinois Governor
Catholic authority reflects on use of vaccines from aborted infants
Marie Stopes International & Abortion Rights target conscientious objectors
Royal College of Nursing general secretary suggests expanded role for nurses in abortion
Anglican synod at odds with British Medical Association
Michigan governor considering mandatory insurance for contraception
Abortion drugs considered "essential medicine"
Pharmaceutical abortions recommended in UK
June, 2005
British Medical Association no longer opposes assisted suicide and euthanasia
Christian Medical Association protests attack by AMA on freedom of Conscience
Canadian assisted suicide bill includes no protection of conscience provision
Resolutions to British Medical Association involve contentious issue
Conscientious objectors file suit against California
Protection of conscience bill passes Wisconsin State Assembly
Nurse denied promotion due to conscientious objection
Illinois pharmacist sues governor
Treatment may be denied premature babies
Abortifacient birth control planned
May, 2005
More pharmacists sue Illinois governor
Pharmacist accused of berating patient
Freedom of conscience for pharmacists threatened in Missouri
April, 2005
Philippines bill would punish conscientious objection
Planned Parenthood opposes freedom of conscience in North Carolina
Euthanasia rates rise in Belgium, cases increase in Netherlands
Christian Medical Association opposes California assisted suicide bill
Illinois Court to hear challenge to governor's decree
Belgian pharmacies stock euthanasia kits
Wisconsin pharmacist punished for exercising freedom of conscience
Another Illinois pharmacist sues governor
New bills claim access to contraception a 'right' superior to freedom of religion
California assisted suicide bill includes protection of conscience provision
Illinois pharmacists sue for freedom of conscience
Tube feeding basic care, not treatment
Limited protection of conscience offered pharmacists by California bill
Arizona Governor vetoes freedom of conscience
Pharmacist Freedom of Conscience Act proposed in Tennessee
Infanticide practised in Belgium
Convicted British physician advocates euthanasia
81 year old will not be starved
Abortions up to 34 weeks gestation
Arizona protection of conscience bill passes legislature
Mental Capacity Bill passes in UK; concern expressed for conscientious objectors
Coercive bill vetoed in Colorado
Illinois Governor attacks freedom of conscience
March, 2005
New Wisconsin protection of conscience bill
'Pro-choice' activists campaign to impose their morality on health care workers
Scientists clash over creation of animal-human hybrids
Coercive bill signed in New Jersey
Mental Capacity Bill passes House of Lords, with amendments
Late abortion a 'private sector' procedure in the UK
Muslim pharmacist refuses to dispense morning-after pill
Continued pressure for legalization of infant euthanasia in the Netherlands
Stanford approves breeding of human/mouse hybrids
Judge orders 'ethics class' for pharmacist
February, 2005
Attempt to kill premature baby by neglect unsuccessful
Conception and false terminology - "fertilized egg"
Bill in Georgia, USA, would protect pharmacists
Assisted suicide bill planned for California
Ecuadorian bishops identify key issue in use of morning-after pill
Pope directs attention to definition of death
Arizona committee approves bill
Refusal of Dutch physicians to provide euthanasia being 'investigated'
Conscientious objectors concerned about flu vaccine
Referral not good enough: lesbian demands objectors perform insemination
January, 2005
Scots MP urges discrimination against Catholic schools
Montana committee takes no action on oppressive bill
Mifepristone (RU486) urged without regard for consequences for conscientious objectors
Bill introduced in Arizona to secure freedom of conscience for pharmacists
Nurse goes to South Africa's High Court
Inquest chairman suggests deliberate starvation is 'death by natural causes'
Differing testimony on euthanasia bill indicates importance of protection of conscience legislation
New Jersey bill attacks pharmacists' freedom of conscience
Royal Dutch Medical Association sanctions death for persons not ill
Bill in California attacks freedom of conscience