French Council Protects Conscience Rights for Catholics, Pharmacists As Euthanasia Law Takes Effect
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Catholic World ReportFrench Council Protects Conscience Rights for Catholics, Pharmacists As Euthanasia Law Takes Effect
France’s highest constitutional authority has carved out conscience protections for Catholic institutions and pharmacists, which was welcomed by Archbishop La...
French Constitutional Council guarantees that Catholic and pharmaceutical hospitals will not be forced to participate in euthanasia, in an unprecedented victory of religious freedom.
French Council protects conscience rights for Catholics, pharmacists
The official promulgation of France’s end-of-life law in the Journal Officiel on Aug. 19 came with a significant victory for religious and conscience freedom. Catholic hospitals, hospices, and nursing homes will not be forced to allow euthanasia or assisted suicide on their premises, and pharmacists cannot be compelled to prepare or dispense the lethal substance. This conscience-clause win, secured by interpretive reservations by the Constitutio…
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