Breaking News
December, 2007
US Catholic Health Association accused of defying Vatican directionBishop concerned about effects of bill
Family goes to court to stop withdrawal of life support
Wisconsin bill on morning after pill
Italian professors consider dropping Hippocratic Oath
Christian Medical Association challenges attack on freedom of conscience
Directors resign to protest new code of ethics
Repressive measure fails in Pennsylvania
Question raised about conduct of chairman and management of London Catholic hospital
November, 2007
Euthanasia bill introduced in India
Freedom of conscience a "hot topic" for 2007
Portuguese doctors continue resistance
Claims of patient autonomy and science urged against prospective hospital purchase
Irish crisis pregnancy service permitted conscientious objection
"Celebrity hospital" in UK to cease abortion referrals
Portuguese government plans to force abortion approval on medical profession
Candidates in Washington State differ on freedom of conscience for pharmacists
Portuguese physicians stand up to bullying by government
Chilean government crushes conscientious objection
Objecting physician investigated for alleged breach of ethics
Proposed legalization of controversial procedures
Preliminary injunction issued against state of Washington
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists attacks freedom of conscience
New Jersey law attacks freedom of conscience
Nurse settles lawsuit against employer
Chilean bishops support pharmacists agains government
UK secularist group opposes freedom of conscience
October, 2007
Politicians and others attack Pope's support for freedom of conscienceChilean government threatens objecting companies
Pope encourages discussion of conscientious objection among pharmacists
Conscientious objection in Mexico City
Connecticut controversy on Catholic hospitals and the morning after pill
Eugenic and late term abortions a concern for some in United Kingdom
Portuguese government demands physicians drop objections to abortion
Assisted suicide proposed in Czech Republic
Priest criticizes bishops' conference decisions on morning after pill
Progress in protection for Illinois pharmacists
Wrongful death lawsuit in organ harvesting case
Royal College of Nurses recommends nurses perform abortions
Queensland parliament approves human cloning
Illinois pharmacist lawsuit settled
Controversy continues about Connecticut Catholic Conference and morning after pill
Controversy erupts over Connecticut Catholic Conference decision on morning after pill
Celebrity hospital at odds with Cardinal
US Supreme Court refuses review of New York judgement against freedom of conscience
Washington State pharmacists seek injunction to protect freedom of conscience
Connecticut Bishop's Conference spokesman on morning after pill and emergency contraception
Irish bishop calls for legalization of abortion
Objectors may be prosecuted in England and Wales
Wait for abortions in Ottawa blamed on funding shortage
September, 2007
British medical authorities disagree on freedom of conscience
Irish women said to favour abortion
UK pharmacist challenged on freedom of conscience
Austrian court rejects person status for chimpanzee
Connecticut Catholic bishops conditionally approve morning after pill
Slovakian government rescinds law forcing hospitals to provide abortions
Muslim physicians in UK reject law requiring starvation of patients
Catholic hospital taken over by state health care authority
Pope encourages Slovakian concordat on freedom of conscience
Washington pharmacy harassed by activists
Catholic hospital forced to pay damages for refusing tubal ligation
August. 2007
Sources indicate Swedish aid cut meant to force abortion in Latin America
US Bishops spokeswoman defends freedom of conscience
Hearings on abortion in South Africa
Objecting Illinois pharmacists can proceed against Wal Mart
Freedom of conscience for UK pharmacists restricted
Catholic Church states that artificial nutrition and hydration are obligatory
July, 2007
Private abortion clinic in Portugal affords access to procedure
Transplant surgeon charged in death of patient
Amnesty International to begin pro-abortion activity
Pharmacists suing Washington state
Poll suggests support in US for conscientious objection in pharmacy
$21 million awarded in wrongful birth case
Portuguese doctors refuse to perform abortions
Sex-selective IVF proposed in United Kingdom
Irish Catholic charities opposing abortion threatened with loss of funding
Wrongful death claim made in organ transplant case
European politicians call for euthanasia
African archbishop criticizes Maputo Protocol
June, 2007
Human-animal hybrids should be regarded as human
Case of South African objector continues
Former Catholic hospital being re-named
Polish government to appeal wrongful birth ruling
New Jersey legislators act against conscientious objection
Complaint against Muslim pharmacist in UK
May, 2007
Oregon Insurance Code includes protection of conscience provision
Child at centre of court case dies in Texas
Survey cited to show support for euthanasia among British physicians
Hanging leads to calls for legalization of assisted suicide
Connecticut demands all hospitals dispense morning after pill
Freedom of conscience movement in Belarus
Staff at Catholic hospital reported in rebellion against church teaching
Pro-abortion group demands Canadian physicians refer for abortion
British GPs speak out on conscientious objection to abortion
Canadian Medical Association reaffirms policy: referral for abortion not mandatory
Lobbying for euthanasia continues in Britain
Eugenic screening of embryos for cosmetic reasons
Court rules against objecting pharmacist
National Canadian daily draws attention to abortion
Controversy among Catholics over morning-after pill
Quarter of British physicians reported to refuse part in abortion
Objector provides information, not assistance
April, 2007
2nd assisted suicide bill introduced in Wisconsin
Catholic bishops in Mexico call for conscientious objection to abortion
Objecting nurse files lawsuit against Ohio County
Assisted suicide bill introduced in Wisconsin
Portuguese bishops support conscientious objectors
British doctors advised to declare position on abortionBelgian hospitals must be forced to provide or refer for euthanasia
African health ministers approve abortion
Catholic hospital in Britain ordered to stop abortion referrals, contraceptive practices and IVF
Increasing reluctance to participate in abortion noted among UK physicians
Temporary restraining order granted for child
Washington pharmacists' freedom of conscience in question
Wal-Mart reported to be acting against freedom of conscience for pharmacists
"Stealth" tactics to achieve international right to abortion
Brief objects to coercion of physicians to inseminate lesbians
US Department of Justice begins protection of religious freedom initiative
Eugenic screening for Alzheimer's Disease
Austrian court to decide if chimpanzee is human
March, 2007
Objectors to Mental Capacity Act risk jail
Assisted suicide bill passes Californian legislative committee
Public required to pay for sex change surgery
"Pill patrol" urged by Planned Parenthood
Coercive bill defeated in Philippines
Dispute at Catholic hospital in Texas
Organ harvesting before "brain-death"
Canadian nurse fined, suspended for picketing Planned Parenthood
Pontifical Academy for Life calls on UN for protection of conscience law
Connecticut considering coercive law
American & Canadian palliative care associations no longer oppose assisted suicide
California lawsuit against protection of conscience law to proceed
Vatican newspaper continues controversy over death of Peirgiorgio Welby
Irish Catholic group pressured to facilitate abortion referral
Vermont committee recommends legalization of assisted suicide
February, 2007
Nurses alarmed by transplant procedure
Assisted suicide bill in California threatens dissenting nursing homes
South Dakota bill fails due to protection of conscience clause
Three-child limit law being drafted in Rwanda
Abortion ordered for 13 year old
Morning-after pill legislation flexible enough for Catholic hospitals
Europe threatens to cut aid to Nicaragua to force acceptance of abortion
Woman in UK seeks euthanasia through 'terminal sedation' or starvation and dehydration
Oklahoma senator attacks freedom of conscience
Australian & New Zealand doctors on infant euthanasia
Religion, Conscience, and Controversial Clinical Practices
Euthanasia considered in China
UK physician objects to participation in homosexual adoption
Texas mandate for HPV vaccine for 11-12 year old girls includes protection of conscience provision
Problem of conscientious objection raised in French Parliament
Swiss court grants assisted suicide to mentally ill
January, 2007
Euthanasia sought as 'right' in India
Assisted suicide bill in Hawaii includes protection of conscience clause
Hospice assists in providing prostitute
Failing to provide sex-change operation for early adolescent "a crime"
California position reveals extent of coercion to suppress conscientious objection
UN Committee delegate asks how many Polish doctors fired
Arizona assisted suicide bill includes protection of conscience clause
Alberta offers ethical choice of vaccines
Dispute over morning-after pill in Australia
Nine year old disabled girl surgically altered to stop growth
Lawsuit filed by demoted nurse to go ahead
Eugenic sex selection of
embryos in Spain