2011
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102011005000047
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Abstract: The paper analyzes conscientious objection by physicians, through the concrete situation of legal abortion in Brazil. It reviews the two main ethical frameworks about conscientious objection in public health, the incompatibility thesis and the integrity thesis, to analyze the reality of legal abortion services in the referral services of the Brazilian public health care system. From these two perspectives, a third perspective is proposed -the justifi cation thesis, to manage the right to conscientious objectio… Show more

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“…Objection of conscience is a right guaranteed to professionals 1 , based on the freedoms of religion, conscience and thought, recognized in several international human rights treaties, as well as in national constitutions 2 . However, this prerogative is not absolute, requiring balance between patient and professional rights and reasonable values for a just society 26,27 . This study's results, however, show a lack of balance, with the scales weighing against sexual and reproductive rights.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Objection of conscience is a right guaranteed to professionals 1 , based on the freedoms of religion, conscience and thought, recognized in several international human rights treaties, as well as in national constitutions 2 . However, this prerogative is not absolute, requiring balance between patient and professional rights and reasonable values for a just society 26,27 . This study's results, however, show a lack of balance, with the scales weighing against sexual and reproductive rights.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the controversy surrounding the public debate on abortion in Brazil, a dialogue between the deaf is constructed in which a closed doctrinal position on abortion, refused under any circumstance, a viewpoint extended to other reproductive techniques, is opposed to claims of autonomy that accuse religion of fundamentalism, focusing on the Catholic Church as the main antagonist. The claims made by the latter groups on the secular state propose the curbing of religious influence on legislation and public policies (Ruibal 2014, Zúñiga-Fajuri 2014and Diniz 2011.…”
Section: Final Considerationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The truth is that conscientious objection does not extend to all individuals as an absolute personal right. The technical norms that regulate legal abortion in Brazil are reserved for individuals directly involved in abortion procedures, that is, physicians 4 . On the one hand, if this moral reserve is a relief for women and their health needs, on the other it reflects what is protected by conscientious objection as a medical device -hierarchies rather than beliefs.…”
Section: Secular State Conscientious Objection and Public Health Polmentioning
confidence: 99%