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Content substantially addressing conscience rights.
Sara Spencer’s brush with her university for expressing her pro-life views could have ended with a quiet retreat. Instead, she's speaking for conscience rights.
Read →Two-thirds of Zurich voters approved an amendment to remove conscience protections from faith-based institutions refusing to cooperate in 'assisted dying.'
Read →A statement from the Archdiocese of Denver noted that Archbishop James Golka and other bishops prayed for President Trump in the White House, and noted “continued conversation on the sanctity of life, from conception to natural death, and the God-given dignity of every person.” According to the Denver Catholic, citing the While House faith director, Jenny Korn, who posted about it on X, the bishops met with the US president on October 22, and spoke with him about “religious freedom, school choice, family tax credits, religious visas, and life.” The Denver archdiocesan statement noted that Arch
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Read →A Swiss referendum, passed by over 68%, has stripped conscience protections from at least 30 Christian hospitals and care homes, leaving patients no option to choose care that won’t kill.
Read →Religious freedom is under assault throughout the West around what I call “do harm” medicine. With doctors now expected to abort babies, kill or mutilate sick patients, or administer harmful substances to gender dysphoric children, and otherwise toe a utilitarian, secular line in performing professional responsibilities, Hippocratic and pro-life medical professionals and institutions are imperiled.
Read →New South Wales healthcare workers who object to abortion and voluntary assisted dying face growing pressure, raising serious questions about conscience rights, employment and moral injury.
Read →Recent Globe and Mail editorials push for an end to Christians' religious freedom and protection of parental rights in Canada.
Read →Cardinal Gerhard Müller called Catholics to attend pro-life rallies across Europe while warning that abortion facility ‘protection zones’ threaten religious freedom.
Read →President Donald Trump has implemented numerous measures to protect religious liberty, including establishing a White House Faith Office, repealing regulations violating religious liberty, and defending houses of worship through the Department of Justice. His administration also took actions to secure conscience rights for Christians in business, launched investigations into coercion for abortion coverage, ended government weaponization against pro-life groups, and promoted free speech protections for religious individuals and organizations.
Read →The Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments regarding whether abortion is protected under the state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, following a challenge by the ACLU against Indiana's abortion ban based on plaintiffs' asserted religious beliefs. The state attorney general's office urged dismissal of the case, arguing the plaintiffs lack standing as they have not been pregnant or sought abortions, while the ACLU contends the law forces women to alter their behavior to avoid pregnancy or face legal challenges.
Read →Thomas More Society announces additional organizational and individual plaintiffs in its challenge to Illinois’s assisted-suicide law. The release seeks expanded protection for healthcare professionals who object to informing, referring, or participating on religious and conscience grounds.
Read →Smith joins Simon O'Connor to defend clinicians' freedom to decline participation in assisted suicide and euthanasia. The discussion also challenges a consumer-service model of medicine that treats professionals as obliged to provide any requested intervention.
Read →Smith criticizes proposals that would require clinicians to facilitate a patient's decision to stop eating and drinking to hasten death. He highlights conscience concerns and the particular implications of such proposals for people with dementia.
Read →France’s highest constitutional authority has carved out conscience protections for Catholic institutions and pharmacists, which was welcomed by Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris. The post French council protects conscience rights for Catholics, pharmacists as euthanasia law takes effect appeared first on The Catholic Thing .
Read →The decision does not overturn France’s legalization of euthanasia. Rather, it establishes a boundary around the institutions and individuals expected to participate in the new system—and, in doing so, gives religious freedom a significant foothold within a law that had initially offered little room for conscientious dissent The post France legalizes euthanasia but also safeguards the right to conscientious objection appeared first on ZENIT - English .
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Disability leaders opposing assisted suicide On December 12, 2025 w e reported that Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed assisted suicide bill SB 9 into law. The Illinois assisted suicide law is scheduled to go into effect on September 12, 2026. On August 13, 2026 we reported that a group of Illinois physicians, a Catholic bishop and a faith-based nursing home filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block Illinois’ assisted suicide law before it goes into effect. On August 24, 2026 Molly Sweeney reported for WCIA news that Illinoi
Read →Date: Friday 7th August 2026 Release time: Immediate New analysis exposes lack of institutional conscience protections in the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. It warns the Bill is an “existential threat” to religious and charitable care providers. A major new analysis of conscience protections in assisted dying bill warns that the Terminally […] The post Assisted Dying Bill could force care homes and hospices to participate in assisted suicide or close appeared first on Care Not Killing .
Read →Pro-life advocates in Mexico say the country's highest court has been gradually eroding legal protections for the unborn and conscience rights for medical professionals.
Read →The Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation criticizes a Commonwealth Court order concerning public payment for abortion. Its statement argues that the ruling conflicts with taxpayers' conscience interests and predicts that expanded funding would increase abortions.
Read →Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is appealing a March 5 ruling that allowed certain residents to obtain abortions under their religious freedom rights, providing a loophole … The post Indiana appeals ruling that extends religious freedom protections to abortions appeared first on CatholicVote org .
Read →California Family Council (CFC) is deeply saddened by the loss of Congressman Doug LaMalfa. He was a strong supporter of the values at the heart of our mission and worked tirelessly for the unborn, for families, and for religious freedom. “I am truly heartbroken to hear of the passing of my friend, Congressman Doug LaMalfa,” […] The post CFC Mourns the Loss of Congressman Doug LaMalfa first appeared on California Family Council .
Read →Across the country, there are thousands of medical professionals, hospitals, insurance agencies, businesses, and individuals who object to being involved in certain medical interventions that raise bioethical concerns, such as abortion or assisted suicide. Unfortunately, many feel pressure from the government, employers, or even patients to act against their consciences due to concerns of legal liability or professional sanctions. Since our country’s beginning, however, conscience rights, which defend […] The post The Right to Object: Conscience Protections in United States Law appeared first
Read →Trudden reports a federal injunction protecting providers challenging Colorado's restrictions on abortion-pill-reversal services. The article presents the plaintiffs' and advocates' responses; the legal ruling should not be read as independent clinical proof of treatment effectiveness.
Read →Holly Baines reflects on the launch of Dr Martin Parsons’ abortion buffer zones report and explores how crucial this issue is, not only for the pro-life movement but for preserving Christian freedoms, freedom of speech and freedom of religion in the UK For the first time in 300 years, the UK has banned Christians from ... The post Abortion buffer zones: eroding 300 years of religious freedom appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →Doerflinger evaluates executive actions available to advance pro-life policy without new federal legislation. He focuses on foreign assistance, conscience protections, family-planning funds, and agency interpretations of abortion-related statutes.
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