- Introduction
- Current policies and laws
- Abuse
- Impact
- Dishonourable disobedience
- The Solution
- Conscientious commitment
- Victims of “CO”
- Our Publications
- (Nov 2024) Countries that Disallow Belief-based Care Denial
- (Oct 2024) Article: Belief-based care denial – Let’s change the terms of the debate
- (Oct 2024) Presentation: Origin of “Conscientious Objection” in Health Care
- (Oct 2024) Poster: Belief-Based Care Denial – Let’s Change the Terms of the Debate
- (Oct 2024) Study: 100% of patients who were denied care oppose “Conscientious Objection”
- (Aug 2024) How to Reduce or Eliminate “Conscientious Objection” in Reproductive Health Care
- (2023) Countries that Disallow “Conscientious Objection”
- (Aug 2023) What International Human Rights Groups and Agreements, and Global Health Orgs, Say About “Conscientious Objection” in Healthcare
- (2021) ESCRH’s Position Paper on SRHR should not tolerate the denial of care due to personal beliefs
- (Aug 2018) Lessons learnt from the past: “Conscientious objection” to abortion in Chile will lead to widespread disobedience of the new law
- (July 2018) Expert group denounces the refusal to treat under ‘conscientious objection’
- (April 2018) Letter to the Editor: The FSRH guideline on conscientious objection disrespects patient rights and endangers their health
- (Sept 2017) Letter to the Editor: Refusal to Treat Patients Does Not Work in Any Country—Even If Misleadingly Labelled “Conscientious Objection”
- (Sept 2017) “Conscientious Objection” Clause in 1967 Abortion Act is Obsolete
- (July 2017) There Is No Defense for ‘Conscientious Objection’ in Reproductive Health Care
- (June 2017) “Conscientious objection” kills women
- (Nov 2016) The dishonourable disobedience of not providing abortion
- (Feb 2016) Yes We Can! Successful Examples of Disallowing ‘Conscientious Objection’ in Reproductive Healthcare
- (Oct 2015) “Conscientious Objection” in Reproductive Healthcare is Immoral and Should Be Abolished
- (April 2015) Christian doctors angry they can no longer abandon their patients
- (Dec 2014) ‘Dishonourable Disobedience’: Why Refusal to Treat in Reproductive Healthcare Is Not Conscientious Objection.
- (Aug 2014) Doctors do not have the right to discriminate and deny basic healthcare
- (July 2014) The CO debate: ‘Conscientious Objection’ is still dishonourable disobedience
- (May 2014) Why We Need to Ban ‘Conscientious Objection’ in Reproductive Healthcare
- (Aug 2013) Conscientious objection and induced abortion in Europe
- Publications by Others
- News
- Links
(2021) ESCRH’s Position Paper on SRHR should not tolerate the denial of care due to personal beliefs
The Editor of the European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care initially accepted this article for publication, then recanted. The journal refused to publish the paper because peer reviewers supported the denial of reproductive healthcare by healthcare professionals who oppose such care based on their personal beliefs.
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