{"id":8895,"date":"2014-07-01T15:59:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T22:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8895"},"modified":"2023-01-22T16:21:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T00:21:14","slug":"conceptualising-conscientious-objection-as-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8895","title":{"rendered":"Conceptualising Conscientious Objection as Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ben Farrand <\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"152\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jmedlawethics.jpg\" alt=\"Journal of Medical Law and Ethics\" class=\"wp-image-11195\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Journal of Medical Law and Ethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br> While conscientious objection in healthcare is becoming increasingly studied, the legislative implementation  of  the  principle is often without definition, leading to the question \u2018what is conscientious objection?\u2019 As  this  article  will  demonstrate,  it  is  useful  to  reconceptualise conscientious objection  as  \u2018resistance\u2019  to  dominant  discourses  and  understandings  in society, which have  been  internalised  and  co-opted as  a  way  of acting as a \u2018safety-valve\u2019 for individualised dissent, as well as reinforcing perceptions of freedom, choice and tolerance in liberal  democratic   society.   This   non-normative   assessment  of  conscientious  objection therefore  seeks  to  provide  a  framework  for  understanding  why  certain  forms  of  resistance may    be    considered    conscientious    and    some    may    not, before    then    applying    this understanding to issues such as abortion and female genital mutilation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Farrand B. Conceptualising Con<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uitgeverijparis.nl\/nl\/reader\/194709\/1001179284\">scientious Objection as Resistance<\/a>. J Med Law &amp; Ethics. 2014 Jul  01 69; 2(2-3): 69-87.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Farrand Abstract While conscientious objection in healthcare is becoming increasingly studied, the legislative implementation of the principle is often without definition, leading to the question \u2018what is conscientious objection?\u2019 As this article will demonstrate, it is useful to reconceptualise conscientious objection as \u2018resistance\u2019 to dominant discourses and understandings in society, which have been internalised &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8895\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Conceptualising Conscientious Objection as 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