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At present, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario is forcing doctors to participate, despite their objections, when a patient decides to end their life. No other country does this. Please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadiansforconscience.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.CanadiansforConscience.ca<\/a> to learn more, join the \u201cCall for Conscience\u201d and write directly to your elected MPP asking them to amend Bill 84 to add conscience protection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stphilipneri.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Call-for-Conscience-letter-to-MPP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to download the letter and send it to your MPP<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the \u201cCall for Conscience\u201d \u2013 February 6 \u2013 March 31, 2017 In the coming weeks, members of Ontario\u2019s Provincial Parliament will review Bill 84 which deals with legal issues related to euthanasia\/assisted suicide. At present, the College of Physicians &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/2017\/02\/28\/coalition-for-healthcare-conscience-call-for-conscience-campaign\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Coalition for HealthCARE &amp; Conscience Call for Conscience Campaign - St. Peter&#039;s Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/2017\/02\/28\/coalition-for-healthcare-conscience-call-for-conscience-campaign\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coalition for HealthCARE &amp; Conscience Call for Conscience Campaign - St. Peter&#039;s Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Join the \u201cCall for Conscience\u201d \u2013 February 6 \u2013 March 31, 2017 In the coming weeks, members of Ontario\u2019s Provincial Parliament will review Bill 84 which deals with legal issues related to euthanasia\/assisted suicide. 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