{"id":12779,"date":"2011-12-06T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T02:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12779"},"modified":"2023-02-07T12:50:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T20:50:30","slug":"conscientious-objection-health-care-and-article-9-of-the-european-convention-on-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12779","title":{"rendered":"Conscientious objection, health care and Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mark Campbell<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/medlawinternational.jpg\" alt=\"Medical Law International\" class=\"wp-image-16045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/medlawinternational.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/medlawinternational-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Medical Law International<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides protection for freedom of thought, conscience and religion. From one perspective, it may be said that Article 9 guarantees a right to conscientious objection in health care, whereas from another perspective, a Strasbourg case, such as <em>Pichon and Sajous v France<\/em>, effectively means that Article 9 provides little or no protection in that context. In this article it is argued that the matter is more complex than either of these two positions would suggest. Moreover, given the nature of the subject matter, national authorities should be afforded a significant margin of appreciation in the way that they protect and regulate conscientious objection. By way of illustration, there is a discussion of the ways in which Article 9 might affect conscientious objection in health care under English law. The final part of the article considers the conceptual limitations of Article 9 in thinking about conscientious objection in health care; in particular, the claim that the extent to which Article 9 of the Convention provides protection for a conscientious objection in the health care context is a different question from whether conscientious objection by doctors and other health care practitioners is justified in principle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Campbell M. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/0968533211426953\">Conscientious objection, health care and Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights<\/a>. Medical Law International. 2011 Dec 06;11(4):284-304. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Campbell AbstractArticle 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides protection for freedom of thought, conscience and religion. 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