31 December, 2001
Illinois
attempts to force referral
28 December, 2001
Permission
sought to conceive embryos for tissue donation
24 December, 2001
Abortion
advocates reject freedom of conscience
22 December, 2001
Conference: "Pluralism,
Religion and Public Policy," 9-11 October, 2002
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
21 December, 2001
New
Tasmanian abortion law includes protection of conscience provision
20 December, 2001
Conscientious
objection respected in Quebec
Project
News Release: Draft Bill Lacks Conscience Protection, Erodes Trial
by Jury
Boy
seeking sex-change, simultaneous 'fatherhood' and 'motherhood'
UK
approves genetic culling of embryos
Maryland Catholic
hospitals at risk
Wrongful
birth suit dismissed in Germany
Old news on an unusual
condition
19 December, 2001
Project
Submission on Proposed Assisted Human Reproduction Act
(Canada)
Submission
to the All-Party Committee on the Irish Constitution
re-configured and re-posted for faster downloading
18 December, 2001
Project
Letter to the Editor (Globe and Mail) 18
December, 2001
17 December, 2001
Conference: "Religious Values and Legal
Dilemmas in Bioethics," 28-29 January, 2002 Fordham University, New
York, New York, USA
Euthanasia
in Switzerland
10 December, 2001
Chinese
hospital workers divided over attempts to kill abortion survivor (Heilongjiang
province,China,
April-May 2001)
8 December, 2001
Concerns
raised over possible amendment to Michigan bill
Japan
to allow human-animal hybrids
7 December, 2001
Attempt
to bar Christian nurse from practice fails
No
fetal cells in new smallpox vaccines
Irish
House passes bill that denies protection to early embryo
French
doctors fear suits, threaten to stop eugenic screening
Wisconsin
Bill would stop wrongful birth, wrongful life suits
5 December, 2001
Selective
foeticide becoming common
House of
Lords rejects "right to die" suit
UN
agency accused of bias against pro-life obstetricians
Contradicting
state policy may lead to jail in the U.K.
Euthanasia
reported among 4% of Australian surgeons
Embryo
experimentation approved in Singapore
Anti-terrorism
measures and medical practice
Columbian
health care workers likely to be pressured
Korean doctors` ethical
guidelines raise questions
European
Court ruling ghettoizes religious belief in Europe
New link- Medical
Journal of Australia
15 November, 2001
Irish
Medicine Board declares 'morning-after-pill' non-abortifacient
14 November, 2001
Award for essay against freedom of conscience
College
of Pharmacists still opposed to freedom of conscience
French
health minister considers legalizing euthanasia
French
doctors ordered to implement law, resigned
Project
advisor addresses Pharmacy Law Institute
12 November, 2001
Principle
of informed consent violated by U.K. nurses
New link - -Catholic
Medical Students' Association of
Chicago
Demands
for 'morning after pill' a problem for Catholic health care
Smallpox
vaccine may pose moral problems
Japanese
university approves destructive embryonic research
Freedom
of Conscience and the Needs of the Patient
4 November, 2001
US petitions re: federal legislation
3 November, 2001
Michigan
House Bill 5158
Belgian Senate Approves Assisted Suicide
UK Woman loses right-to-die
case
Wal Mart sued
over contraceptive coverage
Michigan
bill would provide "conscience clause"
Planned Parenthood attacks freedom of conscience
Kansas
Supreme Court establishes conditional duty to unborn child
Patient ordered
starved to death
Medical Students for Choice oppose freedom of choice in health
care
American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists requires eugenic screening
New
York state attacking freedom of conscience
Approval
sought for made-to-order baby for marrow donation
American
Society for Reproductive Medicine on sex selection
Supreme
Court of Canada to hear 'wrongful birth' case
Australian
parliamentary report on cloning, stem cell research
British philosopher
advocates in vitro sex selection
California
Supreme Court to review mandatory contraception ruling
New eugenic screening test
Minnesota
Medical Association split on freedom of conscience
Kansas
Pharmacists Association supports freedom of conscience
14 September, 2001
New York Bishops' Conference protection of conscience campaign
Teachers' group focuses on ethics, freedom of conscience in education
[New
Link]
13 September, 2001
Euthanasia
in Switzerland
British
government plans to accelerate provision of abortions
More
DC Medics Say They Were Forced to Have Abortions
News
Release: Appeal to Muslim Physicians for American Disaster Relief
Slide
Show - Introducing the Protection of Conscience Project
NARAL
Pennsylvania seeks mandatory contraceptive coverage
Pro-life
nurse fired
Disabled
North Carolina woman deprived of food, fluids, and antibiotics
English woman argues for right to assisted suicide
More forced abortions reported in Washington, D.C.
Washington,
D.C. woman coerced into abortion
Pressure
increasing in favour of embryonic experimentation
Conscientious
objection respected at University of Florida
Washington
state demands compulsory contraceptive coverage
Man-animal
hybrid embryos reported to have been formed
Compromise
proposed in hospital reorganization
Australian
court case illustrates dynamic of expectation
22 August, 2001
British
woman seeks assisted suicide
Wrongful
birth, wrongful life suits
Planned
Parenthood intervenes against conscientious objector in civil suit
Court
orders feeding tubes withdrawn
Alberta
freedom of conscience advocate to speak at Ontario conference
20 August, 2001
Conscientious
Objectors: Canaries in the Ethical Mineshaft
Do
it anyway: Canadian
workers are being compelled to violate their own beliefs
19 August, 2001
Insurance
coverage for contraception in the United States
Belgian proposal for
euthanasia
American
College of Physicians rejects assisted suicide
California
court prevents starvation of patient
United
Nations supports compulsory abortion in China
Canadian
health minister advised to demand payment for private abortions
Legalization
of euthanasia feared in United Kingdom
Hospital petitions to treat burn patient
Japan expected to approve embryo experimentation
Withholding food and fluids in the United Kingdom
31 July, 2001
Edmonton
Hospitals Suspected of Euthanasia
(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) (2001)
28 July, 2001
British High School
Ethics Course
Pope
warns against "coarsening of conscience" in embryonic research,
etc.
French
Minister of Health contributes to normalization of euthanasia
Negotiated
Settlement with Pharmacist - ABC
Health Service Agency (Kansas, U.S.A.) (2001)
Letter
to the Editor, Pharmacy Practice (July 2001)
Irish
High Court rejects review of Medical Council decision
20 July, 2001
Columbian
bishops call for conscientious objection
New
terminology for cloned embryos
Eugenic
screening expected by French courts
Missouri
House Bill 762 (Contraceptive Insurance Coverage)
New
Catholic bioethics institute launched in Canada
11 July, 2001
Assisted
Suicide: What Role for Nurses? (USA)
(2000)
Compulsory
vaccination programmes
(USA)
Legal
Assistance (USA)
France forces abortion upon overseas territories
10 July, 2001
Project
letter to the Editor- Pharmacy Practice
5 July, 2001
President
of the Ontario Nurses Association favours conscience legislation
Nurse
testifies in U.S. Senate hearing, formally cautioned by employer
California
Court of Appeal rules Catholic Church must pay for contraception
4 July, 2001
Project
Letter
to the Editor, The Ottawa Citizen
28 June, 2001
American
federal protection of conscience laws
27 June, 2001
MD's,
Pharmacists should follow conscience (Alberta, British Columbia, Canada,
June 2001)
New Links:
26 June, 2001
Attempt
to impose mandatory contraceptive coverage
Employee
threatened with dismissal for refusing to officiate at homosexual
wedding
American
Civil Liberties Union opposes freedom of conscience
22 June, 2001
American
Catholic hospitals instructed to abide by Church teaching on sterilization
Bioethics
Faculty a Trailblazer in Academia
Protection
of conscience law proposed for Italian pharmacists
19 June, 2001
Project
Letter to the editor, Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal
18 June, 2001
Address
of John Paul II to Catholic Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (June, 2001)
Pope
notes need for conscientious objection
14 June, 2001
Letter
to the editor, The Province (Vancouver, BC., Canada)
Customer
isn't always right on issues of conscience (Susan Martinuk)
13 June, 2001
Professor
notes society 'very confused' on conscience
Conscientious
objectors in Ireland face increasing threat
Website
tracks relationship between corporations, researchers
7 June, 2001
Canadian
Physicians for Life Press Release re: Planned Parenthood misrepresentation
Planned
Parenthood misrepresents ethical obligations
2 June, 2001
News
Release: World's First Faculty of Bioethics Announced
28 May, 2001
Can
Workplace, Conscience Co-exist?
27 May, 2001
The
Bioethics Mess Dianne N. Irving, M.A., Ph.D.
24 May, 2001
Editorial-
April 2001 Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal
22 May, 2001
Hold
that conscience: Some health laws would force churches to betray their
beliefs
Three
panel pamphlets now also available for downloading in WordPerfect 9 format
Dr.
Richard Watson: Update Report on Freedom of Conscience (10 January, 2001)
21 May, 2001
Pro-life
OB-GYNs Left Out in the Cold:
MaterCare Founder Robert Walley
Hopes to Change That (May, 2001)
Royal
Pharmaceutical Society hostile to freedom of conscience
Spanish
government official attacks freedom of conscience
Life
Support, Anyone? Pro-Life Physician Answers the Challenge (Los
Angeles, California) (1999-2000)
4 May, 2001
Letter
to the editor re: Wisconsin bill
Catholics
and Pro-lifers Being Forced Out of Ob/Gyn Profession
Archbishop
Calls on Catholics to Disobey New Law
1 May, 2001
New Links:
-Christian
Medical & Dental Associations (USA)
-Catholic
Health Association (USA)
-Thomas More Center for Law and
Justice (USA)
-National
Conference of Catholic Bishops; United States Catholic Conference
-American Center for Law and Justice
-Journal of the American Medical
Women's Association
27 April, 2001
Pharmacists
Conscience Clause Given Stamp of Approval
24 April, 2001
Montana House
Bill 413
22 April, 2001
Comprehensive
protection proposed in Arizona
Link to American Association of
Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Wisconsin
Assembly Bill 307 (pharmacist protection)
21 April, 2001
Kentucky
House Bill 687 (pharmacist protection)
Arizona
House Bill 2564
Oregon
House Bill 2010 (pharmacist protection)
20 April, 2001
Louisiana
Senate narrowly rejects coercive bill
South
Korean medical association at odds with law
French
minister considers euthanasia, neglects conscience
Wisconsin
Statutes 253.09 Abortion refused; no liability; no discrimination
18 April, 2001
Wisconsin
health care workers & pharmacists getting support
Wisconsin
Assembly Bill 168
17 April, 2001
Pharmacist survey
on 'conscience clause'
10 April, 2001
B.C.
Government wants criticism of abortionists made 'hate crime'
No
Christian gynaecologists and neonatologists in Netherlands
Mandatory
abortion training suggested in New York
6 April, 2001
Problematic Illinois bills
3 April, 2001
Statement of the Ugandan Bishops on the 'Morning After
Pill'
Ugandan
bishops support conscientious objection
29
March, 2001
News
release re: Ethics Committee, College of Pharmacists of BC
26 March, 2001
College of Pharmacists of British
Columbia: Conduct of the Ethics Advisory Committee
(26 March, 2001)
24 March, 2001
New link to The Annals of Pharmacotherapy
Cardinal Egan challenges New York's attack on freedom of
conscience
University of Toronto Med School cited for unethical practice,
coercion
23 March, 2001
Kansas conscience bills: House
Bill 2491 Senate Bill
325
20 March, 2001
Protection
of Conscience: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
(Presentation by the Administrator, 3 March, 2001)
19 March, 2001
Mandated Contraceptive
Coverage a Public Policy Nightmare
(Wisconsin, February, 2001)
Kentucky
Conscience Bill Passes
(5 March, 2001)
18 March, 2001
"Autonomy",
"Justice"and the Legal Requirement to Accommodate the Conscience and Religious Beliefs of Professionals in Health Care
(Revised March 2001)
20 February, 2001
Morning
After Pill Spurs Call for Conscientious Objection
(Madrid, Spain, 19 February, 2001)
Canadian
M.P. re-introduces protection of conscience bill (text of bill)
(Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2 February, 2001)
Bottom-line
Ethics in Pharmacy: Cash vs Conscience in British Columbia
(British Columbia, Canada, 18 January, 2001)
Two
protection of conscience bills introduced in Indiana (text-pharmacists)
(text-abortion)
(Indiana, USA, 11-17 January, 2001)
Protection
of conscience bill for pharmacists re-introduced in Kentucky (text of
bill)
(Kentucky, USA, 4 January, 2001)
Protection
of conscience bill for pharmacists introduced in Ohio (text of
bill)
(Ohio, USA., January, 2001)
Belgian
pharmacist refuses to dispense MAP, condoms
(Ruisbroek, Belgium, 3 February, 2001)
Statement of
Pontifical Academy for Life on the 'Morning after pill'
(Vatican City, 31 Ocrtober, 2000)
1 February, 2001
Project
letter to the editor, Pharmacy Post, re: freedom of conscience
29 January, 2001
Canadian
Pharmaceutical Journal suggests possibility of compromise
Project
letter to the editor re: CPJ editorial
27 January, 2001
ACLJ
News Release: Lawsuit on behalf of conscientious objector moves forward
Pharmacist
gains in lawsuit for wrongful dismissal
(Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 24 January, 2001)
24 January, 2001
Establishment
Bioethics (Article) (Pamphlet)
17 January, 2001
Project
letter to the editor re: conscientious objection in pharmacy
(London, Ontario, Canada, 17 January, 2001)
Creating an Ethical Framework
in the Workplace
Catholic Health Association of British Columbia (Canada)
13 January, 2001
MOU for Circumcision
(St. Vincent Hospital, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.)
Project
letter to the editor re: morning after pill
(Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 11 January, 2001)
12 January, 2001
Ethical Issues in Pharmacy Practice- 'The
Morning After Pill' (Pamphlet)
Referral: A
False Compromise (Pamphlet)
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