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Reproductive ethics
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Might a conscience clause be used for non-moral or prejudiced reasons?
- Correspondence to Dr Zuzana Deans, Centre for Ethics in Medicine, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK; Zuzana.Deans{at}Bristol.ac.uk
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Might a conscience clause be used for non-moral or prejudiced reasons?
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- Received June 5, 2015
- Accepted June 17, 2015
- First published July 3, 2015.
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April 27, 2016
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