Programme

9.00 Welcome

9.30-11.00. Panel 1. Foundations of conscientious objection (chair: Christopher Cowley)

• Desmond Ryan, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin.
  Conscientious Objection in Employment Law: Irish and International Perspectives
• Katherine Furman, Department of Philosophy, University College Cork.
  Value Transparency, Public Trust and Conscientious Objection
• Linda Hogan, School of Religion, Trinity College Dublin.
  Conscientious Objection and the Ethical Responsibilities of the Doctor: Theological Perspectives

11.00-11.30 Tea & Coffee

11.30-13.00. Panel 2. Reproductive rights panel A (chair: Cliona McGovern)

• Joan McCarthy, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork.
  Feminist Perspectives on the Scope of Conscientious Objection and Abortion Services
• Noirin Russell, Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cork University Maternity Hospital, and a Clinical Senior Lecturer, University College Cork.
  Conscientious Provision of Abortion Care.
• Heike Felzmann, School of Philosophy, NUI Galway.
  Ensuring access to abortion - conscientious objection as public health obstacle?

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00-15.30. Panel 3. Reproductive rights panel B (chair: Barry Lyons)

• Sheilagh McGuinness, School of Law, University of Bristol.
  Abortion, conscience, and jurisdiction.
• Andrea Mulligan, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin.
  Constitutional Protection for Conscientious Objection in Ireland
• Christopher Cowley, School of Philosophy, University College Dublin.
  Universal and Selective Conscientious Objection
  

15.30-16.00 Tea & Coffee

16.00-17.30. Panel 4. Conscientious objection at the end of life (chair: Andrea Mulligan)

• Cliona McGovern, School of Medicine, University College Dublin.
  Conscientious objection to end of life decision making: Does freedom of choice and patient autonomy have a limit?
• Barry Lyons, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin.
  Silent morality and end of life decision-making
• Mary Donnelly, School of Law, University College Cork.
  Clinician conscience, moral distress and end of life decision-making: The dog that doesn't bark?

17.30 end.