Skip to content
Conscience Rights for Medical Professionals episode artwork

Jan 19, 2010 5 min

Conscience Rights for Medical Professionals

from What It Means to Be Human Hosted by Wesley Smith

On this episode of What It Means to Be Human, Wesley J. Smith examines the need for conscience clauses to protect medical professionals. Today, physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals whose moral beliefs prevent them from participating in legal but ethically controversial acts such as abortion and physician-assisted suicide, find themselves under increasing pressure to either violate their consciences or be driven out of their careers. Listen in as Wesley J. Smith explains why the life you save by supporting conscience clauses could be your own. Click here to read more about conscience clauses.

Episode details come from the podcast's RSS feed.

Embed this episode

Ready to play

Conscience Rights for Medical Professionals

0:00 5:57

No transcript yet.

Requests help us decide what to transcribe next.

Frequently asked questions

How long is this episode of What It Means to Be Human?

This episode is 5 minutes long.

When was this What It Means to Be Human episode published?

This episode was published on January 19, 2010.

Can I download this What It Means to Be Human episode?

Yes. Use the download control on the episode player to save the publisher-provided media file.