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1 Abortion: Does Objection Matter? Annotated Bibliography Blackshaw, B. P., & Rodger, D. (2021). Quotas: Enabling Conscientious Objection to Coexist with Abortion Access.  Health Care Analysis: HCA, 29 (2), 154-169. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-020-00419-5 Blackshaw and Rodger’s article discusses the current debate of conscientious objection in healthcare services, and reasons both for and against conscientious objection of services, mainly abortion. One concern against conscientious objection in abortion is when a women’s pregnancy is life-threatening. The doctors and midwives are faced with a dilemma of saving a woman whose life is threatened, but at the cost of ending the baby’s life. One argument for doctor objection is the fact that some people will refuse to work as a doctor because they know this moral dilemma will present itself, so the individuals would rather not deal with it, leaving a possibility of a shortage of workers in such an essential field, but if the doctors know they will be granted permission to not perform an abortion because of their beliefs, they are more likely to continue this career path. The article discusses certain religious aspects of abortion, such as Catholics who would be completely against abortion, or Muslims, who would be for it if it is to save the mother’s life and before four months into the pregnancy. The article concludes with stating that conscientious objection is a serious threat in some countries, and that one solution could be specialty training directly towards individuals willing to do this service would refrain from taking away religious and moral freedom from those doctors who object that abortion is wrong, while keeping services accessible.
2 Abortion: Does Objection Matter? Fry-Bowers, E. (2020). A Matter of Conscience: Examining the Law and Policy of Conscientious Objection in Health Care. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice 21(2), 120- 126. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527154420926156 Fry-Bowers’ article discusses the policy in place regarding conscientious objection in healthcare in general, not just discussing objection to abortion. She explains the common arguments opponents have against objection, that refusing certain services to patients leaves them potentially unable to receive help from that organization and force them to get less safe healthcare. She then explains that though abortion is most closely associated with conscientious objection, there are numerous moral apprehensions about certain treatment of STI’s, transgender patients transitioning, or certain technology assisting in the process of reproduction. The conclusion was reached by deciding there must be balance between two problems people have with objection, one being how some professionals use this as a means of discrimination against their patients, but that is not the case in every instance. The author acknowledged that these professionals must also have their rights and morals considered, just as patients must be able to rely on retaining the rights they have. Nelson, L. (2018). Provider Conscientious Refusal of Abortion, Obstetrical Emergencies, and Criminal Homicide Law. The American Journal of Bioethics 18(7), 43-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2018.1478017 Nelson’s article discusses how even though the right to conscientious refusal for religious or moral reasons is exercised by doctors, if a woman is refused an abortion for this reason and she dies due to the pregnancy, the doctor can be accused of reckless homicide. Free
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