Personal Preference

Determining Professional Integrity Objection

Is the procedure in question (e.g., abortion) legal in your state?

Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, each state has different laws providing or restricting access to abortion. Visit The Guttmacher Institute’s website for information on state-by-state laws that is being updated continuously. If a provider refuses to perform an abortion in a state that does not allow abortion, then the refusal is not a professional integrity objection

Do you perceive the treatment/procedure as harmful to the patient?

If your perception of the requested treatment/procedure is that it is harmful to the patient, therefore it conflicts with your oath to do no harm, this is a professional integrity objection. (BACK)

Does the requested treatment/procedure conflict with your professional ethical obligations?

If Yes, then this is a professional integrity objection.