Welcome to the homepage for the Conscience Research Group 

We are based at the University of Western Ontario and at Dalhousie University. We specialize in health care ethics and health law, and are investigating the permissibility of conscientious refusals by health care professionals to provide health care services such as abortions. Our particular concern is with refusals to provide reproductive health care services. Funding for our work is generously provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).