'My conscience and religious beliefs do not allow me to engage in procedures to which I have a moral, ethical or religious objection,' said Dr. Diane Haak, president of the Christian Medical and Dental Society.
The new policy, approved Friday morning, forces doctors to refer patients for abortion or euthanasia, and could see doctors forced to commit them in certain cases.
'The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has no right to force my hand in doing what my medical judgment tells me is wrong,' says one family physician.
If the College approves the policy, doctors who want to keep their integrity 'may be forced' to leave Ontario or to quit medicine altogether, says the Catholic Organization for Life and Family.
What is most ironic here is that the College is supposed to be the watchdog protecting the public and profession from unethical conduct. It seems this watchdog needs a leash
'The religious beliefs of some doctors cannot outweigh the patients’ right to choose' their medical services, says the president of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons.