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Referral in the Wake of Conscientious Objection to Abortion
Hypatia
  • Carolyn McLeod, The University of Western Ontario
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2008
URL with Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2008.tb01432.x
Abstract

Currently, the preferred accommodation for conscientious objection to abortion in medicine is to allow the objector to refuse to accede to the patient's request so long as the objector refers the patient to a physician who performs abortions. The referral part of this arrangement is controversial, however. Pro-life advocates claim that referrals make objectors complicit in the performance of acts that they, the objectors, find morally offensive. McLeod argues that the referral requirement is justifiable, although not in the way that people usually assume.

Citation Information
Carolyn McLeod. "Referral in the Wake of Conscientious Objection to Abortion" Hypatia Vol. 23 Iss. 4 (2008) p. 30 - 47
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/carolyn-mcleod/43/