{"id":17207,"date":"1899-01-14T15:32:00","date_gmt":"1899-01-14T23:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17207"},"modified":"2024-11-23T17:37:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T01:37:32","slug":"the-conscience-clause-correspondence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17207","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) The conscience clause"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">William Hardman<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bmj.jpg\" alt=\"British Medical Journal, BMJ\" class=\"wp-image-11229\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">British Medical Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst agreeing in toto with your timely and forcible leader as regards the moral it indicates, yet do I take exception to certain statements therein contained. I object to the statement that it is petty sessional doings which have made Section ii of the Act-the conscience clause-a laughing- stock in so many parts of the country. The reason why it is not a laughing-stock in every part of the country is either because of the good sense or correct views of the inhabitants or because the antivaccinationists have neglected to disseminate their pernicious literature and to enforce their dangerous propaganda amongst these fortunate sections. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Hardman W.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2462192\/pdf\/brmedj08542-0058b.pdf\">The conscience clause (Letter)<\/a>.\u00a0 Br Med J. 1899 January 14; 1(1985): 122<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Hardman Extract Whilst agreeing in toto with your timely and forcible leader as regards the moral it indicates, yet do I take exception to certain statements therein contained. 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