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Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 2008 33(4):374-393; doi:10.1093/jmp/jhn016
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Protecting the Right of Informed Conscience in Reproductive Medicine

Renée Mirkes

Center for NaProEthics, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Address correspondence to: Renée Mirkes, O.S.F., Ph.D., Pope Paul VI Institute, 6901 Mercy Road, Omaha, NE 68106, USA. E-mail: ethics{at}popepaulvi.com


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This essay sets down three directives for conscientiously objecting clinicians—physicians, particularly obstetrician/gynecologists, trained in NaProTechnology by the Pope Paul VI Institute and Creighton University School of Medicine and any medical professionals who share their natural law vision of reproductive health care—to protect their right to well-formed conscientious objection in reproductive medicine. Directive one: understand the nature of a well-formed conscience and its rightful exercise. Directive two: fulfill all reasonable American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ requirements for conscientious refusal. Directive three: execute a political strategy to protect health-care conscience rights.

Keywords: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Ethics Committee Opinion #385, conscience, informed conscientious objection, NaProTechnology, NaPro-trained physician, The Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction, well-formed conscience


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