{"id":13128,"date":"2007-06-01T23:33:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-02T06:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13128"},"modified":"2023-01-23T14:22:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T22:22:50","slug":"caution-conscience-is-the-limb-on-which-medical-ethics-sits-conscientious-objection-and-emergency-contraception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13128","title":{"rendered":"Caution: Conscience is the Limb on Which Medical Ethics Sits (Conscientious Objection and Emergency Contraception)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Farr A Curlin<\/h4>\n\n\n
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Card (2007) does not merely claim that practitioners are obligated to provide EC; he argues that they are obligated to do so even if they have a conscientious objection. This last clause may seem harmless on the surface, but a closer look reveals that it effectively saws off the limb on which the first clause and all medical ethics sit. . . . A genuine conscientious objection, even if misinformed, is an expression of a commitment to acting morally, and . . . judgments of conscience need not be informed by explicitly religious ideas. Moreover, all ethical arguments are appeals to conscience. As such, acting conscientiously is the most fundamental of all moral obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Curlin FA. Caution: Conscience is the Limb on Which Medical Ethics Sits (Conscientious Objection and Emergency Contraception)<\/a>. Am J Bioeth. 2007;7(6):30-31. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Farr A Curlin ExtractCard (2007) does not merely claim that practitioners are obligated to provide EC; he argues that they are obligated to do so even if they have a conscientious objection. This last clause may seem harmless on the surface, but a closer look reveals that it effectively saws off the limb on which … Continue reading “Caution: Conscience is the Limb on Which Medical Ethics Sits (Conscientious Objection and Emergency Contraception)”<\/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":[554,2,64,825,659,552],"tags":[1315,1258],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-13128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics","category-journal-article","category-morning-after-pill","category-pharmacy","category-philosophy","category-religion","tag-farr-a-curlin","tag-robert-f-card"],"yoast_head":"\r\nCaution: Conscience is the Limb on Which Medical Ethics Sits (Conscientious Objection and Emergency Contraception) - Protection of Conscience Project Library<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All ethical arguments are appeals to conscience and need not be religious. 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