An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of conscience rights in the health care profession)

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in September 2008.

Sponsor

Maurice Vellacott  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of April 16, 2008
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment protects the right of health care practitioners and other persons to refuse, without fear of reprisal or other discriminatory coercion, to participate in medical procedures that offend a tenet of their religion, or their belief that human life is inviolable.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-537s:

C-537 (2013) Constitution Compliance Review Act
C-537 (2013) Constitution Compliance Review Act
C-537 (2010) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (judicial interim release for offences involving firearms)