{"id":9522,"date":"2019-08-31T14:21:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T21:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9522"},"modified":"2023-01-22T14:51:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T22:51:14","slug":"questionable-benefits-and-unavoidable-personal-beliefs-defending-conscientious-objection-for-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9522","title":{"rendered":"Questionable benefits and unavoidable personal beliefs: defending conscientious objection for abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bruce Philip Blackshaw, Daniel Rodger<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jmedicalethics.jpg\" alt=\"Journal of Medical Ethics\" class=\"wp-image-11057\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Journal of Medical Ethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>Conscientious objection in healthcare has come under heavy criticism on two grounds recently, particularly regarding abortion provision. First, critics claim conscientious objection involves a refusal to provide a legal and beneficial procedure requested by a patient, denying them access to healthcare. Second, they argue the exercise of conscientious objection is based on unverifiable personal beliefs. These characteristics, it is claimed, disqualify conscientious objection in healthcare. Here, we defend conscientious objection in the context of abortion provision. We show that abortion has a dubitable claim to be medically beneficial, is rarely clinically indicated, and that conscientious objections should be accepted in these circumstances. We also show that reliance on personal beliefs is difficult to avoid if any form of objection is to be permitted, even if it is based on criteria such as the principles and values of the profession or the scope of professional practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n<p>Blackshaw BP, Rodger D. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1136\/medethics-2019-105566\">Questionable benefits and unavoidable personal beliefs: defending conscientious objection for abortion<\/a>. J Medical Ethics 2019 Aug 31. pii: medethics-2019-105566. doi: 10.1136\/medethics-2019-105566. [Epub ahead of print]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Philip Blackshaw, Daniel Rodger AbstractConscientious objection in healthcare has come under heavy criticism on two grounds recently, particularly regarding abortion provision. First, critics claim conscientious objection involves a refusal to provide a legal and beneficial procedure requested by a patient, denying them access to healthcare. 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