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Postscript for the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada:
Morgentaler vs. Professors Cook and Dickens

		Protection of Conscience Project www.consciencelaws.org
Related Links Project Letter to the Editor, Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Canada) 5 April, 2004 Project Letter to the Editor, Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Canada) 8 August, 2005 Postcript for the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada: Morgentaler vs. Professors Cook and Dickens	ADVISORY BOARD ^{Janet Ajzenstat, B.A.,M.A. Ph.d Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada} ^{Dr. Shahid Athar, M.D. Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine & Endocrinology, Indiana School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A}... ^{J. Budziszewski, Ph.d Professor Departments of Government & Philosophy, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.} ^{Dr. John Fleming, B.A., Th.L (Hons), Ph.d Director, Southern Cross Bioethics Institute, Adelaide, Australia} ^{Dr. Henk Jochemsen, Ph.D Director, Lindeboom Institute, Center for Medical Ethics Amsterdam, Netherlands} ^{David Novak, AB, MHL, Ph.d Chair of Jewish Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada} ^{Lynn D. Wardle, J.D. Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.} PROJECT TEAM ^{Sean Murphy Administrator} ^{Michael Markwick Human Rights Specialist}	14 May, 2004 Dr. Jeffrey A. Nisker, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada Room 9-E20, University Campus London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario Canada N6A 5A5 Dear Dr. Nisker: Thank you for your letter of 7 May, 2004. I understand that the editorial policy of the Journal precludes publication of the letter from the Project. Will the Journal, in its next issue, correct the misinformation published in the Cook/Dickens article? I would expect such a correction in the case of a paper published on obstetrics that was found to contain misleading citations, and hope that the Journal is equally concerned about misleading legal claims. Sincerely, (Sean Murphy) Administrator

		Protection of Conscience Project www.consciencelaws.org
Related Links Project Letter to the Editor, Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Canada) 5 April, 2004 Project Letter to the Editor, Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Canada) 14 May, 2004 Postcript for the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada: Morgentaler vs. Professors Cook and Dickens	ADVISORY BOARD ^{Janet Ajzenstat, B.A.,M.A. Ph.d Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada} ^{Dr. Shahid Athar, M.D. Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine & Endocrinology, Indiana School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A}... ^{J. Budziszewski, Ph.d Professor Departments of Government & Philosophy, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.} ^{Dr. John Fleming, B.A., Th.L (Hons), Ph.d Director, Southern Cross Bioethics Institute, Adelaide, Australia} ^{Dr. Henk Jochemsen, Ph.D Director, Lindeboom Institute, Center for Medical Ethics Amsterdam, Netherlands} ^{David Novak, AB, MHL, Ph.d Chair of Jewish Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada} ^{Lynn D. Wardle, J.D. Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.} PROJECT TEAM ^{Sean Murphy Administrator} ^{Michael Markwick Human Rights Specialist}	8 August, 2005 Dr. Jeffrey A. Nisker, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada Room 9-E20, University Campus London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario Canada N6A 5A5 Dear Dr. Nisker: The enclosed document is further to our previous correspondence and the final article by Professors Cook and Dickens published in the Journal (Cook RJ, Dickens BM, Access to emergency contraception [letter] J.Obstet Gynaecol Can 2004; 26(8):706). The document is an appendix to a Project Report that has not been made public. It has been edited to remove potentially identifying references. I am not submitting it for publication, as you indicated in the Journal that nothing more would be published on the subject. However, I reiterate my previously expressed concern about misleading legal claims, and I think that this information may be relevant to future editorial decisions. Professors Cook and Dickens suggested that their articles did not afford them the scope “for fully referenced legal or ethical reasoning.” Perhaps they would have incorporated more of the information in the enclosed document it they had been allowed to write at greater length. Please consider allowing them more space in the Journal in future. Sincerely, (Sean Murphy) Administrator Note: Dr. Nisker was no longer Editor-in-Chief of the Journal when he received this letter. The letter and enclosure were forwarded to his replacement, Dr. Tim Rowe of Vancouver General Hospital.

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