{"id":183,"date":"2019-05-23T10:56:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T10:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/?page_id=183"},"modified":"2019-11-05T09:10:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T09:10:41","slug":"roundtable-3-manchester-june-2019-how-exploring-the-options-for-effecting-protection-providing-for-conscience-in-law-and-professional-guidance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/events\/roundtable-3-manchester-june-2019-how-exploring-the-options-for-effecting-protection-providing-for-conscience-in-law-and-professional-guidance\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundtable 3, Manchester, June 2019 &#8211; \u2018How?\u2019 Exploring the options for effecting protection: providing for conscience in law and professional guidance\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this roundtable we will explore the \u2018how\u2019 of accommodating conscience in healthcare and consider the advantages, disadvantages, and practical considerations associated with providing for conscientious objection in law and\/or professional guidance. Who should be responsible for regulating\/protecting conscientious objection? What form should regulation\/protection take? Does existing law strike the right balance between protecting\/regulating conscience? What is the proper role of (i) legislation and (ii) professional guidance in regulating\/permitting conscientious objection?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Programme<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>9:30 Introduction, Professor Sara Fovargue (Lancaster).<\/p>\n<p>9.45 <em>Session 1<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sara Fovargue, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/files\/2019\/06\/Law-and-professional-guidance-18-June.pdf\">The current protection of conscientious objection in health care practice in the UK<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-183-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/files\/2019\/06\/S_FOVARGUE-RT3.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/files\/2019\/06\/S_FOVARGUE-RT3.mp3\">https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/files\/2019\/06\/S_FOVARGUE-RT3.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Dr Peter West-Oram (Brighton and Sussex Medical School), \u2018Thinking about \u201chow\u201d: Just, ethical conditions for conscientious objection in health care\u2019.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-183-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/files\/2019\/07\/P_WEST-ORAM-RT3.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/files\/2019\/07\/P_WEST-ORAM-RT3.mp3\">https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/files\/2019\/07\/P_WEST-ORAM-RT3.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><em>Roundtable Discussion<\/em><\/p>\n<p>11.15 Coffee<\/p>\n<p>11.30 <em>Session 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr Lucy Frith, (Liverpool), \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/files\/2019\/07\/Lucy-Frith.pdf\">What are we conscientiously objecting to?<\/a>\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dr Barry Lyons (Dublin), &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/files\/2019\/06\/Barry-Lyons.pdf\">Regulating conscientious objection<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><em>Roundtable Discussion<\/em><\/p>\n<p>12.30 <em>Themes and reflection<\/em>, Professor Margot Brazier (Manchester) andProfessor Bobbie Farsides (Brighton and Sussex Medical School).<\/p>\n<p>12.45 Lunch<\/p>\n<p>1.30 <em>Session 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr Sheelagh McGuinness (Bristol), \u2018Abortion, conscience, and jurisdiction\u2019.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Professor Ian Leigh (Durham), \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/files\/2019\/06\/Ian-Leigh.pdf\">Legal techniques for balancing conscientious objection and health care provision<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-183-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/files\/2019\/06\/I_LEIGH-RT3.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/files\/2019\/06\/I_LEIGH-RT3.mp3\">https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/acorn\/files\/2019\/06\/I_LEIGH-RT3.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><em>Roundtable Discussion<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2.30 Tea and coffee<\/p>\n<p>2.45 <em>Session 4<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Small breakout groups<\/p>\n<p><em>Roundtable Discussion<\/em><\/p>\n<p>4.15 <em>Final reflections<\/em>, Margot Brazier and Bobbie Farsides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this roundtable we will explore the \u2018how\u2019 of accommodating conscience in healthcare and consider the advantages, disadvantages, and practical considerations associated with providing for conscientious objection in law and\/or professional guidance. Who should be responsible for regulating\/protecting conscientious objection? What form should regulation\/protection take? Does existing law strike the right balance between protecting\/regulating conscience? 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