Conscientious objection in healthcare: For and against

Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, s174 and the Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion Act 1977, s46. General laws that protect rights to religious expression (eg, the Bill of Right Act 1990 and the Human Rights Act 1993) will also apply in many employment situations and may provide for the legal right to conscientiously object to the provision of other (non-reproductive) services.

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E. Pellegrino, lecture at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 2004.

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Pellegrino E, The Physician’s Conscience, Conscience Clauses, and Religious Belief: A Catholic Perspective. Fordham Urban Law Journal 2002, 30:221–44; Wicclair MR. Conscientious Objection in Medicine. Bioethics 2002,14: 205-227