Issues in Depth
-Legal Commentaries on Conscience Issues-

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PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
Lynn D. Wardle, J.D.
 Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University. 
The Journal of Legal Medicine, 14:177-230, 1993. 
(Review by Sean Murphy)

PROTECTION FOR RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE IN AMERICAN LAW: FIRST RIGHTS OR LAST RITES? (Draft)
Lynn D. Wardle, J.D.
 Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University. 
Prepared for Presentation to the American Health Lawyers Association: Session on Refusing to Deliver Medical Care (12:15-1:45 p.m.) January 26, 2006 in Washington, D.C.

PROTECTING THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS' RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE
Teresa Stanton Collett, JD
Professor of Law, University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis, Minnesota

CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION TO ABORTION- ETHICS, POLEMICS AND LAW
Charles Foster
Christian Medical Fellowship (United Kingdom)

TO MARKET, TO MARKET
Sean Murphy, Administrator, Protection of Conscience Project

LETTER FROM JUSTIN CARDINAL RIGALI TO MEMBERS OF U.S. CONGRESS (Re: HHS draft regulation)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

MANDATED CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE: A PUBLIC POLICY NIGHTMARE
Sheryl K. Albers
Wisconsin State Representative

POSTCRIPT FOR THE JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY CANADA: MORGENTALER vs. PROFESSORS COOK AND DICKENS
Sean Murphy
Administrator, Protection of Conscience Project
. . . the arguments of Professors Cook and Dickens for mandatory referral are unsupported and even contradicted by their own legal and ethical references. Regulatory officials with the power to enforce the views of Cook and Dickens are unlikely to discover this in the pages of the Journal, since, by editorial fiat, the discussion was terminated with the publication of their ‘final word’ on the subject. Here, then, is the postscript to the discussion, supplemented by developments in the United Kingdom and Belgium that have a bearing on the issue.

UNITED KINGDOM PARLIAMENT: HOUSE OF LORDS
Select Committee on Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill - Selections from the First Report

• Clause 7 Duties of physicians, and conscientious objection
• From Chapter 4: Practical Issues Conscientious Objection
• From Chapter 7: Conclusions Responsibilities of Physicians
• Joint Committee On Human Rights Twelfth Report: Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill -Conscientious Objection
• Examination of witnesses
• Written evidence

Re: OREGON INITIATIVE PETITION 40

• Risks Eyed in Drive for Health Access

Re: HYDE-WELDON AMENDMENT (November, 2004)

• Attack on freedom of conscience in US House of Representatives
• Pro-choice' groups attack freedom to choose
• What About a Doctor's Right to Choose?
• ACLJ Brief

Re: ABORTION NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT (U.S.A., JULY, 2002)

• Lynn D. Wardle, J.D.

• Ms. Karen Vosburgh

• Fact Sheet: ACLU's Misrepresentations about the Abortion Non-Discrimination Act

• Letters of Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua

• Fact Sheet

• The Need to Strengthen Law

• The Need for Comprehensive Protection

Re: WISCONSIN ASSEMBLY BILL 67 (U.S.A., OCTOBER, 2003)

• Testimony of Mary A. Kalver

• Testimony of John T. Dunlop, M.D.

• Testimony of Cynthia Jones-Nosachek, M.D.

• Testimony of Leah Vukmir

• Testimony of Marianne Linane, RN

• Testimony of Beth LaChance, RN

• Testimony of Matthew B. Lee, MD

Re: WISCONSIN ASSEMBLY BILL 207 (U.S.A., JULY, 2005)

• Their choice vs. that other choice

• The nation's most comprehensive medical conscience rights legislation

Re: MICHIGAN HOUSE BILLS 5006, 5276, 5277, and 5278 (U.S.A., March, 2004)

• Testimony of Michael J. O'Dea

Re: OHIO HOUSE BILL 68 (U.S.A., May, 2004)

• Testimony of Karen Brauer re: Ohio House Bill 68
• Testimony of Robert Garbe re: Ohio House Bill 68

Re: KANSAS HOUSE BILL 2711

• Written Testimony of the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Re:  HEARING: FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE FOR SMALL PHARMACIES (U.S.A., 25 July, 2005)

• Opening Statement of Chairman Manzullo
• Prepared Remarks of Mr. Luke Vander Bleek, R.Ph.
• Prepared Remarks of Ms. Sheila Nix
• Prepared Remarks of Mr. J. Michael Patton, M.S., CAE
• Prepared Remarks of Ms. Linda Garrelts MacLean, R.Ph., CDE
• Prepared Remarks of Ms. Megan Kelly

"DO NOT RESUSCITATE": WHOSE CHOICE?
Court Gives Course In Medical Ethics To The Public Trustee
Iain T. Benson, B.A. (Hons.), M.A. (Cantab.), LL.B. - British Columbia Bar
Brad. B. Miller, Comm.,LL.B., LL.M. (magna cum laude) - British Columbia Bar
Lex View No. 23 (Centre for Cultural Renewal)

COMMENTARY ON CECILIA MOORE'S CASE
Sean Murphy
Administrator, Protection of Conscience Project
For case details, see Worker fired for refusing payment for illegal abortion

"AUTONOMY", "JUSTICE"and the  LEGAL REQUIREMENT to ACCOMMODATE the CONSCIENCE and RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF PROFESSIONALS IN HEALTH CARE   (Revised March 2001)
Iain T. Benson, B.A. (Hons.), M.A. (Cantab.), LL.B. - British Columbia Bar
A legal and ethical response to Frank M. Archer’s "Emergency Contraceptives and Professional Ethics: A Critical Review" in the May, 2000 number of the Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal.

ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF CONSCIENCE PROTECTION: THE FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE IN RELATION TO "HEALTH"
Iain T. Benson, B.A. (Hons.), M.A. (Cantab.), LL.B. - British Columbia Bar
Apparently this medical student has been threatened with loss of graduation if, because of his stated religious reasons, he will not offer abortion as an option to a patient.  In terms of the legal requirement, the issue is whether or not a physician is required to refer a patient for an abortion . . . 

IN DEFENCE OF THE NEW HERETICS: A RESPONSE TO FRANK ARCHER
Sean Murphy
Administrator, Protection of Conscience Project
A response to Frank M. Archer’s "Emergency Contraceptives and Professional Ethics: A Critical Review" in the May, 2000 number of the Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal.
 

HUMAN RIGHTS AND OBSTETRIC PRACTICE: LEGAL ISSUES
Alberto Mazza, M.D. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, former Minister of Health of the Republic of Argentina