{"id":13297,"date":"2007-07-01T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-01T22:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13297"},"modified":"2023-01-23T14:21:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T22:21:48","slug":"reasons-and-healthcare-professionals-claims-of-conscience-conscientious-objection-and-emergency-contraception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13297","title":{"rendered":"Reasons and Healthcare Professionals&#8217; Claims of Conscience (Conscientious Objection and Emergency Contraception)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mark R Wicclair<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/amjbioethics.jpg\" alt=\"The American Journal of Bioethics\" class=\"wp-image-11196\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The American Journal of Bioethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>Robert Card (2007) argues against even a limited conscience based right to refuse to dispense emergency contraception (EC) on the grounds that there are no \u201creasonable or justified\u201d reasons to support such claims of conscience. This line of argument raises an important question:  To what extent is it appropriate to assess reasons in relation to healthcare professionals\u2019 claims of conscience?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Wicclair MR. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/15265160701347288?journalCode=uajb20\">Reasons and Healthcare Professionals&#8217; Claims of Conscience (Conscientious Objection and Emergency Contraception)<\/a>. Am J Bioeth. 2007;7(6):21-22. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark R Wicclair ExtractRobert Card (2007) argues against even a limited conscience based right to refuse to dispense emergency contraception (EC) on the grounds that there are no \u201creasonable or justified\u201d reasons to support such claims of conscience. 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