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	Circumstances indicating potential for conflicts of Conscience Attitudes, professional and public expectations, and technological developments frequently contribute to an environment in which conflicts of conscience are more likely to arise.
	Abortion Artificial Reproduction Assisted Suicide Birth Control Services	Education & Practice Embryonic Experimentation Eugenic Testing Euthanasia	Human Experimentation Inter-Species Breeding Tissue Trafficking Torture

	General Science Conflicts of conscience are frequently portrayed as arising from ignorance of "scientific facts". On the contrary: good science is indispensable for the correct formation of conscientious judgement.

CIRCUMSTANCES INDICATING POTENTIAL FOR CONFLICT
	Abortion: Experiences of Christian Medical & Dental Associations Members (USA) Forced abortions and sterilizations in China (March-July, 2005) Concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee: Poland. (UN, Geneva,Switzerland: November, 2004) Are Pro-Life Healthcare Providers Becoming an Endangered Species? (USA. 2003) Testimony of Pharmacist Noesen Re: Wisconsin Assembly Bill 63 (Wisconsin, USA. March, 2003) Medical Students for Choice: Pro-choice group at UBC (British Columbia, Canada. October, 2002) Accommodating Conscience (Canada. October, 2002) No Place for Abortion in African Traditional Life - Some Reflections (2002) Canadian International Aid Tied to Abortion, Charges Doctor General practice docs and obstetrics (British Columbia, Canada. September, 2002) The Obstetric-Gynaecological Practice in the Czech Republic during the Communist Regime and in the Present Days (1980-2001) MD's, Pharmacists should follow conscience (Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, June 2001) Chinese hospital workers divided over attempts to kill abortion survivor (Heilongjiang province,China, April-May 2001) Pro-life OB-GYNs Left Out in the Cold: MaterCare Founder Robert Walley Hopes to Change That (May, 2001) Conscientious Objection to Abortion (United Kingdom, 2001) Conscientious Objection in Ireland (May, 2000) Morning-after pill poses moral dilemma for some MDs (St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada)(2000) United Nations, US officials acting oppressively in East Timor (East Timor) (2000) Life Support, Anyone? Pro-Life Physician Answers the Challenge (Los Angeles, California) (1999-2000) Abortion and Conscientious Objection (United Kingdom, 1999) Born alive, left to die (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.) (1999) Court orders abortion, sterilization (Province of Quebec, Canada) (1999) United Nations Committee: Conscientious Objection "an infringement of. . . rights" Bishop protests on behalf of nurses (Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada)(1997) Are State Doctors in the Western Cape willing to implement the Choice of Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1996? An opinion survey conducted in the Western Cape in November 1997. South Africa Changes Abortion Law (1996-97) Abortion and Conscientious Objection (United Kingdom)(1996) Lacunae in Conscience: Address to the Civil Liberties Section B.C. Bar Association, (British Columbia, Canada)(1990) Baby left to die at Vancouver General Hospital (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) (1985) Artificial Reproduction Experiences of Christian Medical & Dental Associations Members (USA) Controversies in Operating Reproductive Health Services (Chile, 2001) Human embryos are 'reproductive material' (Canada) (1999) Assisted Suicide Conscience Situation OK - For Now (Oregon, USA, Sept., 2005) Are Pro-Life Healthcare Providers Becoming an Endangered Species? (USA. 2003) Testimony of Pharmacist Noesen Re: Wisconsin Assembly Bill 63 (Wisconsin, USA. March,, 2003) Assisted Suicide: What Role for Nurses? (USA) (2000) Chief Justice favours assisted suicide, willing to order assistance (Canada) (1993) Birth Control Services Plan to Ensure Pill Access Worrying Pro-Life Pharmacists (USA, Sept., 2006) Contraception for the Unmarried Pharmacists’ Lawsuits Highlight ‘Right of Conscience’ Rift Conscience Situation OK - For Now (Oregon, USA, Sept., 2005) Pharmacists Battling Lawsuits Over Conscience Issues (USA, 2005) Are Pro-Life Healthcare Providers Becoming an Endangered Species? (USA. 2003) Testimony of Pharmacist Noesen Re: Wisconsin Assembly Bill 63 (Wisconsin, USA. March, 2003) Compulsory Choice (United States, January, 2003) Pro-life pharmacist thought she'd be blacklisted (British Columbia, Canada. January, 2003 General practice docs and obstetrics (British Columbia, Canada. September, 2002) Controversies in Operating Reproductive Health Services (Chile, 2001) The Particular Witness of a Catholic Obstetrician and Gynaecologist: A Sign of Contradiction in the Culture of Death (2001) Pro-life OB-GYNs Left Out in the Cold: MaterCare Founder Robert Walley Hopes to Change That (May, 2001) MD's, Pharmacists should follow conscience (Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, June 2001) A national battle over healthcare ethics threatens to put any conscience-guided Doctor in the Lions’ Den (2001) Morning-after pill poses moral dilemma for some MDs (St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada) (2000) City Council Refuses Conscience Clause (Washington, D.C., U.S.A.) (2000) Court orders sterilization of woman (Province of Quebec, Canada) (1999) Education and Practice Pharmacists with a Conscience Need Not Apply The Training of Obstetricians: a Resident's View (Europe, 2001) Conscientious Objection on the Socio-Political Background of Ethical Relativism (Switzerland, 2001) The Situation in Switzerland in General and a Casuistic Report (Europe, 2001) Changes in the Practice of Obstetrics and Gynaecology: 25 Years of Practice in the USA (2001) The Particular Witness of a Catholic Obstetrician and Gynaecologist: A Sign of Contradiction in the Culture of Death (2001) Controversies in Operating Reproductive Health Services (Chile, 2001) Embryonic Experimentation Eugenic testing Doctor sued for birth of Down Syndrome child (Somerville, New Jersey, U.S.A.) (1999) Euthanasia Belgium: mandatory referral for euthanasia (December, 2003) Are Pro-Life Healthcare Providers Becoming an Endangered Species? (USA. 2003) Testimony of Pharmacist Noesen Re: Wisconsin Assembly Bill 63 (Wisconsin, USA. March, 2003) Edmonton Hospitals Suspected of Euthanasia (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) (2001) A national battle over healthcare ethics threatens to put any conscience-guided Doctor in the Lions’ Den (2001) British Medical Association permits causing death by dehydration (United Kingdom )(1999) From Abortion to Euthanasia: Nurses on the Spot (British Columbia, Canada) What will courts order? (Province of Quebec, Canada) (1999) Human experimentation Inter-species breeding Tissue trafficking Testimony of Wang Guoql (China) (2001) Wholesale enterprise supplies researchers (Canada & U.S.A.) (1999) Torture Psychologists and Abusive Interrogations: Acting on Conscience
GENERAL SCIENCE
	When do Human Beings Begin? "Scientific" Myths and Scientific Facts Dianne N. Irving, M.A., Ph.D. A One-Act Drama: The Early Human Embryo: 'Scientific' Myths and Scientific Facts: Implications for Ethics and Public Policy Dianne N. Irving, M.A., Ph.D. Scientific and Philosophical Expertise: An Evaluation of the Arguments on "Personhood" Dianne N. Irving, M.A., Ph.D.

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