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Spanish government demands registry of doctors who object to committing abortion

The Spanish prime minister threatened provinces that ‘appropriate legal mechanisms will be activated to enforce their compliance’ if they don’t track doctors who refuse to kill the unborn.

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Emily Mangiaracina

• Oct 11, 2025Oct 13, 2025

I loved my job of 25 years but quit it over this new employee ‘benefit’

Every modern surrogacy contract articulates conditions under which the surrogate mother is obligated to abort.

Analysis

Jenny Hay

• May 29, 2025May 30, 2025

Canadian physicians group backs down from plan to force participation in euthanasia, abortion

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta had proposed 'effective referral' plan wording that would target pro-life doctors and nurses.

News

Anthony Murdoch

• Jan 15, 2024Jan 16, 2024

Abortion advocates using woman’s miscarriage death to attack conscience rights in Italy

Stories in the Italian and international media accusing conscientious objection as the cause of avoidable maternal deaths are proliferating.

Blogs

Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• Nov 10, 2022Nov 10, 2022

20,000-strong healthcare provider coalition: Gov’t must respect right to refuse COVID vaccine

There is ‘no justifiable moral obligation to accept vaccination,’ the coalition states.

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Pete Baklinski

• Mar 5, 2021Jun 18, 2021

France: New law would remove all restrictions on abortions up to 14 weeks

If the draft text becomes law, abortion will become fully legal up to 14 weeks of gestation, midwives will be allowed to perform abortions – including surgical ones – up to 10 weeks gestation, and the special conscience clause covering doctors, nurses, midwives and other health personnel will be scrapped.

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Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• Oct 12, 2020Jun 18, 2021

Trump admin reverses Obama-era rule forcing doctors to participate in ‘sex changes,’ abortions

The Obama-era regulations implied that medical providers would have to commit abortions and treat patients based on their asserted 'gender identity' or risk losing government aid, along with facing possible legal action.

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Paul Smeaton

• Jun 15, 2020Jun 18, 2021

78 members of Congress to appeals court: Don’t force doctors to do abortions

16 state attorneys general also filed a separate amicus brief in support of a new rule exempting health care workers from being forced to participate in abortions.

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Martin Bürger

• Jun 2, 2020Jun 18, 2021

LifeSite petition tells Uber to respect driver conscience on abortion

The petition asks the company to alter their "Community Guidelines" for drivers facing life-ending choices.

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LifeSiteNews staff

• Apr 26, 2019Jun 18, 2021

Head of French OBGYN union attacked by gov’t, media for saying abortion takes a life

'We are not here to end lives.'

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James Risdon

• Sep 18, 2018Jun 18, 2021

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Articles tagged Conscientious Objection

Spanish government demands registry of doctors who object to committing abortion

I loved my job of 25 years but quit it over this new employee ‘benefit’

Canadian physicians group backs down from plan to force participation in euthanasia, abortion

Abortion advocates using woman’s miscarriage death to attack conscience rights in Italy

20,000-strong healthcare provider coalition: Gov’t must respect right to refuse COVID vaccine

France: New law would remove all restrictions on abortions up to 14 weeks

Trump admin reverses Obama-era rule forcing doctors to participate in ‘sex changes,’ abortions

78 members of Congress to appeals court: Don’t force doctors to do abortions

LifeSite petition tells Uber to respect driver conscience on abortion

Head of French OBGYN union attacked by gov’t, media for saying abortion takes a life