Monday, 25 June 2018

DOCTORS WHO REFUSE TO ASSIST SUICIDE (letter published in Dompost, June 29) p


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T.P. Newell asserts that the End of Life Choice Bill's coercion clause is undemocratic, (June 25), and warns of “violation of the right to freedom of conscience” of doctors who object to euthanasia.

In 2013, Labour MP Louisa Wall assured Parliament that her same-sex marriage bill would not force ministers to carry out marriages which didn’t “fit with the beliefs of the celebrant”.

Well, surprise, surprise! Wedding celebrants who refuse to officiate at gay marriages will now be sacked. The Celebrants Association has told them they’ll lose their registration. In the last 2 years or so, almost 50 new marriage celebrant applications have been rejected because they don’t want to officiate at same-sex weddings.

It’s not like Louisa Wall was telling the usual political fibs. Celebrants aren’t being forced to carry out such marriages; they’re just not allowed to be celebrants any more.

So if the End of Life Choice Bill is passed, it follows that doctors who refuse to assist suicide won't be allowed to be doctors any more.

They'll simply be refused registration as medical practitioners.

Think euthanasia. 


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