Breaking News
December, 2006
Italian case illustrates potential for conflict
New UN convention contradicts medical and legal practice
British government approves chimeras, artificial reproduction for homosexuals
BBC alleges killing of newborns for stem cells
Court approves starvation, dehydration
Canadian Physicians for Life asks for choice in vaccines
November, 2006
Appeal of oppressive ruling in New York
British law 'arcane': nurses should dispense abortifacients
Lord Chancellor of England threatens objectors with prosecution
Nuffield Council comments on conscientious objection
Attack on protection of conscience law fails
Morning-after pill legalized by Chilean court; abortion bill introduced
UK researchers seek permission to produce chimeric embryos
Sex selection favoured by UK researcher
UK medical authorities recommend euthanasia for disabled newborns
October, 2006
Thai Buddhists and Catholics against abortion
European Union continues support for coercive policies
More Israeli doctors suspected in illegal experiments
Early premature babies should be denied birth certificates
Catholic hospitals in Australia will refuse therapies from embryonic stem cells
New York Court suppresses freedom of conscience
Probation appears to be standard sentence for euthanasia in Quebec
Royal Pharmaceutical Society demands referral or assistance
Possibility of dialogue in British Columbia
Conscientious objection by Muslim pharmacist sparks protest
Organ donation procedure raises ethical questions
Israeli physicians arrested for illegal experiments
IVF treatments for single women increase in UK
Military physician wins conscientious objector status
Euthanasia rejected by Catalonian physicians
Chimeric embryos to be created in UK
Experimentation on pvs patients proposed
South African nurse goes to Labour Appeals Court
September, 2006
Survey indicates opposition to freedom of conscience in Illinois
Chilean court approves 'morning after pill’
UK authorities unwilling to prosecute for assisted suicide
Italian president calls for euthanasia debate
Britons travel to Switzerland for suicide
Canadian Catholic hospital attacked for ending tubal ligations
Suit against Illinois Governor to proceed
Euthanasia suggested for prison "lifers"
New Jersey Assemblyman declines to support general protection for conscientious objectors
August. 2006
Washington State governor limits freedom for pharmacists
Colombian congress considers regulation of euthanasia
British GP advocates euthanasia
Yale School of Medicine exempts ob/gyn objectors
False claims exposed in abortion case in Argentina
Rate of euthanasia in Belgium estimated at over 30 per month
Death by dehydration controversy in United Kingdom
Creation of chimeras in UK condemned
Argentinean doctors refuse to perform abortion approved by court
July, 2006
Journalist 'made' the news, charged
Euthanasia campaign continues in the UK
91 year old alleged to have been deliberately starved to death
Wrongful birth, wrongful life suits disallowed in Italy
Compulsory referral demanded by Oregon Board of Pharmacy
Psychology professor advocates creation of chimeras
Morning-after pill offered in advance
Austrian doctor sued for birth of disable child
Australian group wants world-wide one-child policy
European Court decision notifies Irish judiciary of expectation to expand Irish abortion law
June, 2006
Portugal plans to legalize abortion
British Medical Association resumes opposition to assisted suicide
Assisted suicide bill stopped in California
Objections raised to organ donation protocol
Objecting storeowner threatened with boycott
Attack on religious believers implies moral superiority of non-religious belief
New eugenic test- preimplantation genetic haplotyping
British ethicist calls for regulation of involuntary euthanasia
May, 2006
Amnesty International Canada advocates pro-abortion policy
Mifepristone accounts for almost one third of abortions
Indian nurses compelled to assist with abortion
Catholic Medical Association challenges use of vaccines derived from abortions
Colombian court permits abortion
Lord Joffe's assisted suicide bill defeated
Health care denied on grounds of political activism
Eugenic screening expands in UK
Another British suicide in Switzerland
Amnesty International moving against freedom of conscience
63 year old woman a mother by IVF
Washington State Pharmacy Board continues study of conscience clause
April, 2006
Argument about withdrawal of nutrition goes to European Court
Michigan House approves freedom of conscience measure for insurance companies
Woman continues action to deny freedom of conscience
UK nurses support 'harm reduction' by facilitating self-mutilation
UK nurses opposed to assisted suicide
Washington State pharmacy board drafting policy on conscientious objection
Minnesota legislature considering protection of conscience bills
Hawaiian legislators enact ambiguous “rights" law
Catholic Church contests Guatemalan law
Flemish Socialist Party proposes euthanasia for children
Morning-after pill to be dispensed to 12 year olds without parental knowledge
Spanish cloning legislation condemned
Conscientious objection raised at Ethics 2006 Conference - British Columbia
Protest march in Bogota, Colombia, demonstrates potential for conflicts of conscience
March, 2006
Ukrainian doctors seek asylum in Ireland
Alliance Defense Fund supports Washington pharmacists
Georgia house rejects even limited freedom of conscience measure for pharmacists
Freedom of conscience called for in 2nd trimester abortions
Washington State Pharmacy Board to consider freedom of conscience policy
New Hampshire rejects freedom of conscience
Concerns voiced re: Mental Capacity Act
Minnesota House committee approves pharmacist protection
February, 2006
Pakistani nurse gang raped for refusing to perform abortions
Georgia Senate measure offers limited protection
Indian judge orders sterilizations: threatens dismissal for non-compliance
Connecticut plans oppressive bill
Conscientious objection by anaesthesiologists to participation in execution
Polish woman in court over denial of abortion
New bill would 'presume consent' for organ donation
Wal-Mart ordered to carry morning-after pill in Massachusetts
Catholic hospital in UK in breach of code of ethics
Lack of conscience protection worries professionals in Oregon
Wisconsin pharmacist loses appeal
Slovak government in crisis over conscience treaty
Protection of conscience bill defeated in South Dakota
Catholic hospitals in three states dispensing morning-after pill on demand
Objectors to consider mass resignation from Australian Medical Association
Wal-Mart sued to force store to carry morning-after pill
January, 2006
Conscientious objection in Steinbach, Manitoba
Freedom of conscience in the balance in Nevada
Freedom of conscience issues "gaining new prominence" in USA
Civil suit by pharmacists begins in Illinois
Missouri pharmacist fired for exercising freedom of conscience
British doctor commits suicide in Switzerland
Washington nurses protest retaliation
Survey suggests low rate of euthanasia in United Kingdom
New York Court supports repressive law
Missouri Gov. Blunt attacked for support of freedom of conscience
Slovak opposition party urges referendum on conscience treaty
Federal Court supports nurses against mandatory flu vaccination policy