Should pharmacists be allowed to follow their conscience?
Do you have the freedom to live and speak in ways that honor your deeply held beliefs? Is freedom of conscience a license to do whatever one wants? Does this...
Published on 03 Mar 2020Commentaries
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The disturbing treatment of a pro-life student midwife
ADF International Legal Counsel, Laurence Wilkinson says the case of a student midwife suspended from her university course over her pro-life views marks a shocking escalation in the continuing inability...
Published on 23 Jan 2020 - commentary
Canadian Supreme Court Approves Discrimination Against Those Who Attended Christian College
This September, I am sending my son from the Arizona desert to the rolling green hills and snowcapped mountains of the Pacific Northwest in Langley, British Columbia, to attend...
Published on 21 Jun 2018 - commentary
The Hate Trap: Are We Free to Hate?
There are so many problems with hate speech laws – the history of where they’ve come from, their misuse and abuse across Europe, their future trajectory – but I want...
Published on 18 Nov 2016 - commentary
Swedish Midwives Being Forced to Participate in Abortion
On IN THE DOCK: ADF International legal council Laurence Wilkinson comments on the cases of Swedish midwives Linda Steen and Ellinor Grimmark. Both were denied employment because they followed their...
Published on 15 Sep 2016 - commentary
MEPs commit to strengthen Freedom of Conscience
Members of the European Parliament have resolutely called for the strengthening of freedom of conscience in the EU and in the world. In a declaration published on Thursday 21 April...
Published on 10 May 2016 - commentary
Swedish Midwife Pays High Price for Following Her Conscience
There is a lot of public discussion on the “freedom of conscience” going on in Europe these days. And rightly so. We cannot people to be punished for making decisions...
Published on 13 Nov 2015 - commentary
Sweden’s Aggressive Attack on Conscience Challenged Before the Council of Europe
Sweden, a nation often associated with human rights protection, has in recent years become one of the globe’s most aggressive violators of rights of conscience for medical personnel who wish...
Published on 04 Jun 2014
