{"id":1776,"date":"2012-01-17T15:42:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T15:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1776"},"modified":"2013-06-07T01:03:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T01:03:24","slug":"midwives-in-scotland-go-to-court-over-forced-facilitation-of-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1776","title":{"rendered":"Midwives in Scotland go to court over forced facilitation of abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland&#8217;s largest health board, the National Health Service Greater Glasgow and Clyde, ordered two Catholic midwives to schedule and supervise other health care workers providing abortion.\u00a0 The organization rejected a grievance from the midwives, claiming that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/laws\/united-kingdom.aspx\"> protection of conscience provision in the <em>Abortion Ac<\/em>t<\/a> exempts objectors only from active and direct participation in an abortion.\u00a0 It insists that it can lawfully order objectors to perform other duties necessary for the provision of abortions.\u00a0 The two midwives have gone to the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking an order overturning the employer&#8217;s decision. 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