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Pulling the plug on conscience rights
Originally published in First Things, December 2009
by Wesley J. Smith
Over the past fifty years, the purposes
Doctor who objects to physician-assisted suicide says role is in ‘service of the sanctity of life’
Originally published in CBC News, April 2017
by Andrea Janus
A Scarborough palliative care physician says she would like
Euthanasia and the common good
Originally published in Corpus, July 2018
by Charlotte Paul
When I started thinking hard about euthanasia, I visited
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Referral: A False Compromise
Sean Murphy – Administrator of the Protection of Conscience Project – www.consciencelaws.org
Many people, grappling with concerns about freedom of conscience, agree that health care workers