Wellington Higher Courts Reporter
A health professionals’ group has gone to court over the right to having a conscientious objection to providing abortion services, without adversely affecting employment.
At the High Court in Wellington on Monday the New Zealand Health Professionals Alliance asked Justice Rebecca Ellis to make a declaration that the abortion law was inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act.
Lawyer Ian Bassett said a change to the law on March 24, 2020, raised the concern that the new law contained a “coercive” element. . . [Full text]