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One's conscience2
  • That's why protecting the freedom to live and work consistent with one's conscience is critical: It is at the heart of what motivates many who enter the medical field, a profession full of individuals who dedicate their lives to healing and doing no harm," she said. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Pope says the freedom to follow one's conscience must be respected 'always and everywhere. (aleteia.org)
Protections9
  • Medical professionals do not give up their right to conscience protections upon accepting a job, Catholic healthcare organizations have argued in support of new rules issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • These protections, however, are not often supported on the state level- as evidenced by the lawsuits and the 13 state attorneys general who previously denounced conscience protection regulations. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Kevin Theriot, vice president of the ADF Center for Life, said in a statement that the rule was "commonsense" and simply worked to enforce existing conscience protections. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • HHS under the Trump administration served to Becerra and the state of California two notices of violation for infringing the federal conscience protections that the Little Sisters rightly enjoy under U.S. law. (eppc.org)
  • In his first year as secretary, Becerra removed the HHS Office for Civil Rights' authority to enforce conscience and religious freedom protections under the bipartisan Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and the First Amendment. (eppc.org)
  • In lockstep with the Biden administration's policy priorities, HHS has sought creative and unlawful ways to promote abortion and "gender identity," even and especially at the expense of religious freedom and conscience protections. (eppc.org)
  • In March, HHS proposed another rule that would modify conscience protections, this time for HHS's contraceptive mandate. (eppc.org)
  • As a staunch advocate for efforts to support religious freedom around the world, the Global Peace Foundation serves as a co-chair of the International Religious Freedom Roundtable, as co-chair of the U.S. Capital Area Coalition on Religious Liberty, and advocate within the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships for guaranteeing religious freedom protections in the public square during the last three U.S. administrations. (globalpeace.org)
  • To act and speak my conscience would be the greatest loss if the protections provided by our Constitutional government were to one day be dissolved. (freedomed.net)
Violate3
  • ADF also observed that Congress has passed multiple laws, with the support of both major political parties, that protect health care professionals from being forced to violate their consciences. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Euro-Med Monitor stressed that the Iraqi Kurdistan authorities should respect civilians' political freedoms and should not violate their right to opinion and expression, affirmed by relevant international covenants. (euromedmonitor.org)
  • This norm directly prohibits the public authority and its bodies to violate basic rights and freedoms in any way, and at the same time imposes an obligation on the public authority and its bodies not to distort, neutralize or violate their essence in the chain of legal regulation in terms of content. (defendingforb.org)
Dictates5
  • Let us, therefore, utterly object to any state trampling on the basic right of every doctor - to do as their conscience dictates. (citizengo.org)
  • Not only that, maybe we can find value in a diversity of religious expression even if we regard the expression as false or contrary to what our own conscience dictates. (freethepeople.org)
  • These liberties guard what is central to my life, my freedom to worship God after the dictates of my own conscience, to freely and openly exercise my religion in practice and deed, and to freely teach others the tenants of my faith. (freedomed.net)
  • Massachusetts Constitution, 1780) Such worship must follow the dictates of one's own conscience or religious beliefs and not disturb the 'public peace' or the worship of others. (freedomed.net)
  • What was unique about America at these times was a general belief that the individual were free to worship and follow the dictates of their own conscience, regardless of the state religion. (freedomed.net)
Clause3
  • Conscience clause (education) Conscience clause in medicine in the United States Conscientious objection to abortion Conscientious objection to military service Vaccine hesitancy and religion Vegan school meal Whistleblowing The term "conscientious objector" often implies an objection to military service in particular. (wikipedia.org)
  • In Dr Jachimowicz's case, a state-sanctioned review of her clinic was performed by a provincial doctor, and the report included a statement that the conscience clause could not be applied in relation to the prescription and insertion of an IUD. (citizengo.org)
  • Freedom of Religion is often referred to as "the establishment clause," because the amendment prohibits the federal government from establishing a state religion or prohibiting the free exercise of religious rites, rituals, and observances. (freedomed.net)
Undermine3
  • The Catholic Church has done nothing in all this time to protect the right to freedom of conscience of parents and their children, and they continue to undermine human rights. (atheist.ie)
  • It is difficult to listen to the Church and religious organisations like the Iona Institute complain that a Yes vote will undermine freedom of conscience, when they support denominational schools who undermine the basic rights of Catholic parents and their children, atheist and secular parents and their children, and religious minorities. (atheist.ie)
  • This would undermine public freedoms and internal stability in the region. (euromedmonitor.org)
Violation1
  • The CPSO received in excess of 1300 responses to its proposed policy, most of which vehemently opposed it, arguing that it was an unacceptable violation of the freedoms of conscience and religion of physicians. (arpacanada.ca)
Reasons of conscience1
  • It also removed a passage that threatened physicians who refused to perform certain medical services or procedures for reasons of conscience with being found guilty of "professional misconduct. (arpacanada.ca)
Belief4
  • In this report, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Ahmed Shaheed, maps diverse experiences of religious or belief minorities during situations of conflict or insecurity. (freedomofconscience.eu)
  • As an association, we coordinate with different levels of government, associations and civil society so that together we can influence the culture of respect, protection, promotion and guarantee of human rights, mainly freedom of belief and conscientious objection. (peaceportal.org)
  • The good of everyone is served by letting everyone exercise their freedom of belief in nonviolent ways. (freethepeople.org)
  • Article 9 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1949) and Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) define the conditions for restrictions to manifest freedom of religion or belief, which are the basis for legal constitutional regulation of RA restricting that right. (defendingforb.org)
Beliefs6
  • Freedom of conscience is the freedom of an individual to act upon their moral beliefs. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dennis Herrera, city attorney for San Francisco, wrote that "hospitals are no place to put personal beliefs above patient care," and that "refusing treatment to vulnerable patients should not leave anyone with a clear conscience. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • that American judicial decisions and public conversations about religious freedom tend to focus on matters of individuals' rights, beliefs, consciences, and practices. (consciencelaws.org)
  • For many of us, it's easy to appreciate Jefferson's eloquently stated advocacy of religious freedom of conscience, as well as the idea that all individuals should be able to express religious or nonreligious positions independent of others' beliefs. (religionandpolitics.org)
  • That means that doctors could be forced to act against their medical judgment, religious beliefs, and conscience in performing controversial and often medically dangerous gender transition interventions on all kinds of patients-including children. (adflegal.org)
  • Section 1557 of that law bans sex discrimination, but the administration has expanded that to create a scenario in which doctors and other health-care professionals could be forced to act against their medical judgment, religious beliefs, and conscience by performing controversial and often medically dangerous abortions or "gender transition" interventions on patients-including children. (adflegal.org)
Expression12
  • It is distinct from but closely related to freedom of thought, freedom of expression and freedom of religion. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe ( OIDAC ) published the 71-page report examining freedom of expression, parental rights, and freedom of conscience in five European countries: France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the U.K. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Last year, the Center for Inquiry launched a campaign focused on promoting freedom of conscience and expression around the world-an initiative we applaud and support wholeheartedly. (religionandpolitics.org)
  • But in a world where oppression of conscience is inflicted on people of all different religious affiliations (or lack thereof), one fact is clear-oppression of conscience and expression is not something that impacts only one group of people. (religionandpolitics.org)
  • In a world where freedom of conscience and expression are rare, agreement is not our primary concern. (religionandpolitics.org)
  • Freedom of conscience and religion is the most essential of all human rights, the deepest expression of human dignity and freedom. (globalpeace.org)
  • I like to think of this diversity of expression as protective of the freedom of conscience. (freethepeople.org)
  • The hounds of hell pin you to the cross, hammering nails into your hands and feet as they grin like the Cheshire cat and mouth bromides about respect for human rights, freedom of expression and diversity. (consortiumnews.com)
  • The authorities should immediately release the detainees and respect their obligations by ensuring the freedom of expression guaranteed by domestic and international law. (euromedmonitor.org)
  • Unlike the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, the expression of freedom of thought, conscience and religion may be restricted. (defendingforb.org)
  • The Constitution of RA defines the cases, grounds, order and conditions of restriction of the freedom of expression of basic rights and freedoms of the human being and the citizen, including the expression of freedom of thought, conscience and religion. (defendingforb.org)
  • The expression of freedom of thought, conscience and religion may be restricted only by law for the purpose of state security, protecting public order, health and morals or the basic rights and freedoms of others (Article 41) . (defendingforb.org)
Laws5
  • The rule mandates that institutions receiving federal money be certified that they comply with more than two dozen laws protecting conscience and religious freedom rights, including a doctor's right to refuse to participate in abortion or so-called gender reassignment surgery. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • The rule gives life and enforcement tools to conscience protection laws that have been on the books for decades," he said in a statement provided to CNA. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • In reality, HHS's proposal would eliminate robust enforcement mechanisms for over two dozen federal conscience protection laws. (eppc.org)
  • Trump Administration Enforces Freedom Of Conscience Laws:Â We new the Trump Administration would be better than the Hillary Administration, but no one could imagine it would be this good! (wallbuilderslive.com)
  • Article 79 of the Constitution of RA defines the principle of certainty, according to which when restricting basic rights and freedoms, laws must define the grounds and extent of restrictions, be sufficiently certain to enable the holders and addressees of these rights and freedoms to display appropriate conduct. (defendingforb.org)
Practice6
  • 2005 saw no fundamental changes in the situation as far as freedom of conscience and religion was concerned, with legislative regulation and administrative practice remaining virtually unchanged. (khpg.org)
  • Bishops continued: "In Europe we can contribute to global peace-building efforts by ensuring that our domestic policy and international relations are models of best practice in their respect for freedom of conscience and religion. (catholicbishops.ie)
  • Between the years 2011-2014, there was an intense debate - and, opposition to - the right of family doctors in Norway to exercise their right to freedom of conscience in their practice. (citizengo.org)
  • The freedom to think new thoughts, dream new ideas, and put them into practice-guaranteed by law-gave the world these gifts. (freethepeople.org)
  • Out of the 47 member states in the European Council, Finland and Sweden are the only two which do not uphold freedom of conscience in practice. (consciencelaws.org)
  • International treaties ratified by RA are an integral part of legal system of RA (Article 5) and the practice of bodies operating on the basis of international treaties on human rights, ratified by the Republic of Armenia, shall be taken into account when interpreting the provisions concerning basic rights and freedoms enshrined in the Constitution (Article 81) . (defendingforb.org)
Alliance Defending Freedom3
  • The briefs were filed by Alliance Defending Freedom, which is representing the four organizations in the cases City and County of San Francisco v. Azar , and State of New York v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services . (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • That's why Alliance Defending Freedom has filed suit in federal court against the Department of Health and Human Services on behalf of the American College of Pediatricians and the Catholic Medical Association. (adflegal.org)
  • On Aug. 26, 2021, Alliance Defending Freedom challenged the reinterpretation, citing the Administrative Procedure Act since HHS exceeded its statutory authority, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act as it burdens religious medical professionals, and the Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment. (adflegal.org)
CPSO3
  • The OMA objected to the policy's failure to mention the Charter freedoms of conscience and religion, and expressed its confidence that physicians will provide their patients with appropriate care and comply with the Human Rights Code without a CPSO policy on the matter. (arpacanada.ca)
  • The CPSO argued successfully that without these policies, or even with policies that were more accommodating of conscience, it "reasonably apprehended" that patients could face delays in accessing legally available services. (arpacanada.ca)
  • The CPSO draft policy would have required physicians to provide medical services or to refer for those services, even if the physician disagreed with them on grounds of conscience. (arpacanada.ca)
Conscientious1
Amendment4
  • The argument that too many health care workers' consciences would be protected under the HHS Conscience Rule shows a misunderstanding of the fundamental rights we have historically protected-beginning with the guarantees of the First Amendment," the submissions argue. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Our founders' convictions about religious freedom found their way into our Constitution as the First Amendment of our Bill of Rights. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • The first amendment asserts the freedom of religion and the free exercise of conscience, freedom of speech, freedom to write and share our political ideals, and to peaceably assemble and associate in the public square. (freedomed.net)
  • Today when most Americans think of the 1st Amendment and freedom of religion specifically they think of the words "separation of church and state," (this phrase comes from an 1801 private letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists) but few realize those words are found no-where in the Constitution nor is the concept widely articulated in founding documents. (freedomed.net)
Healthcare4
Testimony1
  • The day was inspired by the testimony of Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who, 80 years ago, decided to follow his conscience, and in doing so, saved the lives of thousands of Jews and many others who were being persecuted. (aleteia.org)
Repression1
  • The entrance of the sixteenth-century Reformation in France, first through the teachings of Luther, then of Calvin, brought three centuries of religious wars before Protestants were considered fully French and obtained the freedom to worship God without repression and persecution from the established church and the tyrannical state. (emsweb.org)
Concern3
  • The cases concern the Conscience Rights in Health Care Rule, first announced in May. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • As far back as 2008 the United Nations has raised concern about the right to freedom of conscience of secular parents and their children and religious minorities in denominational schools. (atheist.ie)
  • The human rights that the UN are raising concern about are the right to freedom of conscience, the right to be free from discrimination, the rights of the child and the right to equality before the law. (atheist.ie)
20221
  • The two NGOs, CAP Liberté de Conscience and Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting, co-organized a series of two side events to the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council on March 22 and March 23, 2022. (freedomofconscience.eu)
Protection1
  • Illinois has a broadly worded protection of conscience law for health care workers, one of the most comprehensive in the United States. (consciencelaws.org)
Right to freedom7
  • The right to freedom of conscience is recognized by several international conventions, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights. (wikipedia.org)
  • The International Human Right to Freedom of Conscience. (wikipedia.org)
  • Last year, we learned about the story of a brave Polish doctor fighting for physicians in Norway to exercise their right to freedom of conscience, in their work. (citizengo.org)
  • Man's right to freedom of conscience is in proper focus only if man's duty to submit to truth is grasped with it. (alicevonhildebrand.org)
  • The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion is guaranteed in the Republic of Armenia. (defendingforb.org)
  • The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion cannot be restricted during a declared state of emergency or martial law, which is also directly mentioned in the Article 76 of the Constitution of RA. (defendingforb.org)
  • Conversely, medical advancements in this field call for a reassessment of the right to freedom of thought, particularly of the so-called forum internum under Article 9 of the ECHR. (lu.se)
Catholic4
  • Aristides de Sousa Mendes's act of conscience was deeply embedded in his Catholic faith. (aleteia.org)
  • (CCCB - Ottawa)… On the fourth day of the Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), the Bishops reflected on the continuing challenges to freedom of conscience and religion. (cccb.ca)
  • What about the freedom of conscience of Catholic parents who disagree with the Church? (atheist.ie)
  • According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, "'God willed that man should be left in the hand of his own counsel, so that he might of his own accord seek his creator and freely attain his full and blessed perfection by cleaving to him" …Freedom is the power to act or not to act, and so to perform deliberate acts of one's own. (catholicapostolatecenter.org)
Constitution3
  • An influential founding document that established a precedent for religious freedom even within a state who had an established religion was the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780. (freedomed.net)
  • The Article 80 of the Constitution of RA stipulates that the essence of the provisions on basic rights and freedoms enshrined in Chapter 2 is inviolable. (defendingforb.org)
  • Article 78 of the Constitution of RA defines the principle of proportionality of restriction of rights, according to which the means chosen for restricting basic rights and freedoms must be suitable and necessary for achievement of the objective prescribed by the Constitution. (defendingforb.org)
Thought9
  • It has become time already, when it is necessary to stop with the double-talk and back-biting and to give a straight-forward and clear answer, - does the Orthodox Church recognise freedom of thought and of conscience? (berdyaev.com)
  • Likewise, at the United Nations, both the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the binding International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights guarantee "freedom of thought, conscience and religion" to all individuals. (religionandpolitics.org)
  • Freedom of thought (also called freedom of conscience or ideas) is the freedom of an individual to hold or consider a fact, viewpoint, or opinion, independent of others' views (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_thought). (outafire.com)
  • Freedom of Thought in the Neuroage? (lu.se)
  • it raises questions about the very essence of human identity and disrupts the traditional conception of freedom of thought in particular. (lu.se)
  • Additionally, freedom of thought was drafted with little, if any consideration, for the vulnerability of the human mind in the face of new technologies. (lu.se)
  • Freedom of thought has an absolute nature. (lu.se)
  • As such, freedom of thought has remained confined to issues related to the religious sphere. (lu.se)
  • Because neurotechnologies reach beyond the purely religious sphere and have the potential to screen and detect other aspects of the human brain, a significant gap thus exists with regard to freedom of thought. (lu.se)
Pray1
Physicians2
  • These policies were challenged for violating freedom of conscience and religion and for violating the Charter equality rights of religious physicians. (arpacanada.ca)
  • By John Jalsevac - September 19, 2008 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba (CPSM) may implement a policy similar to the controversial Ontario proposal that would have restricted physicians' freedom of conscience and religion. (arpacanada.ca)
20211
  • Since President Biden took office in January 2021, HHS has aggressively gone after people of faith and gratuitously sought ways to limit religious freedom and conscience rights. (eppc.org)
Bishops1
Liberty3
  • Home / Essays / Key Documents of Liberty / 1682: Act for Freedom of Conscience (Penn. (libertyfund.org)
  • Again, much of the debate surrounding the Hobby Lobby case, and the litigation over the preventive-services mandate more generally, seems to have swirled around the question whether it is possible for "corporations" to have religious-liberty rights or to exercise religious freedom. (consciencelaws.org)
  • Through its Freedom of Conscience and Religion Initiatives, the Global Peace Foundation has championed and executed a range of multilateral initiatives that provide education, awareness, and advocacy in addressing international religious freedom violations and domestic religious liberty infringements. (globalpeace.org)
Fundamental2
Controversial1
  • In 2005 the most controversial norms of the Law of Ukraine "On freedom of conscience and religious organizations" remained unchanged which led to and indeed continues to provoke numerous complaints, and is frequently a source of conflict. (khpg.org)
20191
  • Matériels et méthodes : Nous avons réalisé une étude cas-témoins au centre de santé de Référence de Bougouni en 2019. (bvsalud.org)
Citizens1
  • The right of freedom of conscience is subject only to such restrictions which are necessary to insure public safety, law and order, the health and morality of the citizens and for the defense of the rights and freedom of other citizens. (defendingforb.org)
Council1
  • The Permanent Council had invited the Episcopal Commission for Doctrine and Edmonton lawyer Mr. Kevin P. Feehan, QC, to lead a session on the continuing challenges in Canada to freedom of conscience and religion. (cccb.ca)
Legislation1
  • Ukrainian legislation continues to seriously restrict freedom of religion for foreign nationals and stateless individuals. (khpg.org)
Doctors1
  • Despite clear constitutional principles assuring respect for conscience, nurses, doctors, pharmacists, and health care providers have faced discrimination and even have lost their jobs because of their commitment to saving life," said Theriot. (catholicnewsagency.com)
Constantly1
  • Is it equitably just on the part of the Orthodox constantly to accuse the Catholics, that they have no freedom, an accusation, based on the premise, that with the Orthodox themselves there is this freedom. (berdyaev.com)
Deeply1
  • William Penn was deeply committed to religious freedom, but his commitment was not absolute. (libertyfund.org)
Laid2
Respect2
  • In an increasingly globalized and interconnected world, how can we achieve freedom of conscience while embracing civility and respect in the face of vast and polarizing religious differences? (religionandpolitics.org)
  • As members of minority communities in the United States, the two of us recognize that true freedom can only exist when it is rooted in mutual respect. (religionandpolitics.org)
Human3
  • If this primary freedom is not respected, other human rights will not be respected. (globalpeace.org)
  • The very meaning of human dignity is perverted as soon as it is severed from man's basic orientation toward truth, and man's freedom is stripped of its authentic meaning when cut off from man's responsibility of seeking truth-and of submitting to it when found. (alicevonhildebrand.org)
  • It is a non-profit Civil Association, founded in Mexico City in 2015, with the purpose of promoting the welfare of individuals, families, and society through the promotion and defence of human rights related to religious freedom through dissemination, advice, training, and research in the field. (peaceportal.org)
Ethics1
  • Today I am going to focus on the terms in the title of this presentation - freedom, conscience, and needs - touching, in one place, upon ethics, and concluding with a reflection upon faith and the notion of moral neutrality. (consciencelaws.org)
Health care3
  • The theme of this conference - New Developments - New Boundaries - reminds us that developing technologies have the potential to deliver improved health care, but will probably force you to deal with increasingly frequent or complex conflicts of conscience in your work. (consciencelaws.org)
  • It is becoming more important - not less - to talk about freedom of conscience in health care. (consciencelaws.org)
  • Instead, they have introduced a bill that will effectively nullify the Health Care Right of Conscience Act . (consciencelaws.org)
World4
Medical professionals1
  • Removing conscience rights from medical professionals would force them to sacrifice their "core convictions," said ADF Legal Counsel Denise Harle. (catholicnewsagency.com)
Foundation1
Protect2
  • Unironically, HHS claimed the proposal would "restore the longstanding process for the handling of conscience complaints and provide additional safeguards to protect against conscience and religious discrimination. (eppc.org)
  • we must protect their conscience rights against legal coercion. (thepublicdiscourse.com)