{"id":1054,"date":"2012-02-29T22:55:14","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T22:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2013-06-07T01:02:23","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T01:02:23","slug":"scottish-judge-rules-objecting-midwives-can-be-forced-to-facilitate-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1054","title":{"rendered":"Scottish judge rules objecting midwives can be forced to facilitate abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Catholic midwives who brought suit against National Health Services Greater Glasgow and Clyde have lost the case in the Court of Session.\u00a0 The judge ruled that midwives, while expected to supervise and direct staff providing abortions, were not required to directly participate in the procedure, and were &#8220;sufficiently removed&#8221; from the procedures that their beliefs had been appropriately accommodated. Nonetheless, the judge did acknowledge that they were causally connected, but ruled that the protection of conscience clause in the Abortion Act (1967) must be interpreted to refer only to direct participation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-17203620\">BBC News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/news\/health\/catholic_midwives_legal_bid_to_avoid_abortion_duties_rejected_1_2144806\">The Scotsman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotcourts.gov.uk\/opinions\/2012CSOH32.html\">Text of Ruling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Statement by Glasgow midwives after abortion judgment\" href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/project\/blog\/2012\/02\/29\/statement-by-glasgow-midwives-after-abortion-judgment\/\">Comment by midwives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Catholic midwives who brought suit against National Health Services Greater Glasgow and Clyde have lost the case in the Court of Session.\u00a0 The judge ruled that midwives, while expected to supervise and direct staff providing abortions, were not required to directly participate in the procedure, and were &#8220;sufficiently removed&#8221; from the procedures that their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1054\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Scottish judge rules objecting midwives can be forced to facilitate abortions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,217,9,757],"tags":[123,231,237,253,270,316],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-1054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-lawsuits","category-news","category-united-kingdom","tag-connie-wood","tag-mary-doogan","tag-midwives","tag-national-health-service-greater-glasgow-and-clyde","tag-participation","tag-scotland"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Scottish judge rules objecting midwives can be forced to facilitate abortions - 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