{"id":4149,"date":"2013-03-01T07:22:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T15:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4149"},"modified":"2023-01-22T17:37:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T01:37:31","slug":"positive-claims-of-conscience-and-objections-to-immigration-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4149","title":{"rendered":"Positive claims of conscience and objections to immigration law"},"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=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/amajethics-e1674423309493.jpg\" alt=\"American Medical Association Journal of Ethics\" class=\"wp-image-11169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/amajethics-e1674423309493.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/amajethics-e1674423309493-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">American Medical Association Journal of Ethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>If immigration laws do not provide general exemptions for health care services, should they at least provide exemptions for health care professionals who cannot in good conscience comply with the law because they believe they have an ethical obligation to treat patients without regard to their immigration status?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Wicclair MR. <a href=\"https:\/\/journalofethics.ama-assn.org\/article\/positive-claims-conscience-and-objections-immigration-law\/2013-03\">Positive claims of conscience and objections to immigration law<\/a>. Virtual Mentor<em>.<\/em> 2013;15(3):188-192. doi: 10.1001\/virtualmentor.2013.15.3.ecas1-1303.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark R. Wicclair ExtractIf immigration laws do not provide general exemptions for health care services, should they at least provide exemptions for health care professionals who cannot in good conscience comply with the law because they believe they have an ethical obligation to treat patients without regard to their immigration status? Wicclair MR. 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