{"id":10745,"date":"2021-03-08T22:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T06:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10745"},"modified":"2021-05-31T23:04:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T06:04:55","slug":"health-professionals-conscience-objection-to-abortion-at-risk-court-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10745","title":{"rendered":"Health professionals conscience objection to abortion at risk, court told"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wellington Higher Courts Reporter<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A health professionals\u2019 group has gone to court over the right to having a conscientious objection to providing abortion services, without adversely affecting employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the High Court in Wellington on Monday the New Zealand Health Professionals Alliance asked Justice Rebecca Ellis\u200b to make a declaration that the abortion law was inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lawyer Ian Bassett\u200b said a change to the law on March 24, 2020, raised the concern that the new law contained a \u201ccoercive\u201d element. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/national\/health\/124466937\/health-professionals-conscience-objection-to-abortion-at-risk-court-told\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wellington Higher Courts Reporter A health professionals\u2019 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\u200b to make a declaration that the abortion law was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10745\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Health professionals conscience objection to abortion at risk, court told&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,217,43,9],"tags":[4041,480,293],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-10745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-lawsuits","category-new-zealand","category-news","tag-ian-bassett","tag-new-zealand-health-professionals-alliance","tag-referral"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Health professionals conscience objection to abortion at risk, court told - 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