{"id":11858,"date":"2012-07-08T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11858"},"modified":"2023-01-22T17:45:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T01:45:17","slug":"may-doctors-refuse-infertility-treatments-t-o-gay-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11858","title":{"rendered":"May Doctors Refuse Infertility Treatments t o Gay Patients?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jacob M Appel<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hastings-2-e1615250191854.jpg\" alt=\"The Hastings Center Report\" class=\"wp-image-11251\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Hastings Center Report<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>The controversy in Benitez vs NCWC stands at the nexus of two competing approaches to the issue of &#8220;conscience&#8221;exemptions. On the one hand, most states have statutes that shield medical students and physicians from having to perform procedures, such as abortion and sterilization, to which they object on religious or moral grounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Appel JM. <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1353\/hcr.2006.0053?sid=nlm%3Apubmed\">May Doctors Refuse Infertility Treatments t o Gay Patients?<\/a> Hastings Cent Rep. 2006;July-August:20-21. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacob M Appel ExtractThe controversy in Benitez vs NCWC stands at the nexus of two competing approaches to the issue of &#8220;conscience&#8221;exemptions. On the one hand, most states have statutes that shield medical students and physicians from having to perform procedures, such as abortion and sterilization, to which they object on religious or moral grounds. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11858\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;May Doctors Refuse Infertility Treatments t o Gay Patients?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,554,559,988],"tags":[1182,1189],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-11858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-reproduction","category-ethics","category-law","category-research-centre-publications","tag-guadalupe-t-benitez","tag-jacob-m-appel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>May Doctors Refuse Infertility Treatments t o Gay Patients? - Protection of Conscience Project Library<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11858\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"May Doctors Refuse Infertility Treatments t o Gay Patients? - Protection of Conscience Project Library\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jacob M Appel ExtractThe controversy in Benitez vs NCWC stands at the nexus of two competing approaches to the issue of &#8220;conscience&#8221;exemptions. 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