{"id":2229,"date":"2013-01-08T23:10:33","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T07:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2229"},"modified":"2018-03-06T16:30:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T00:30:24","slug":"court-hears-appeal-of-midwives-ordered-to-participate-in-abortion-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2229","title":{"rendered":"Court hears appeal of midwives ordered to participate in abortion services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A panel of three judges in Edinburgh is hearing arguments in an appeal by two midwives who were ordered to supervise provision of abortion in the National Health Service Greater Glasgow and Clyde region.\u00a0 A lower court ruled that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/laws\/united-kingdom.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">protection of conscience provision <\/a>in the 1967 Abortion Act did not apply to them.\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-20945005\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>] The case turns upon the definition of &#8220;participation,&#8221; which is not set\u00a0out in the Act.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Midwives to appeal court ruling against freedom of conscience\" href=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/?p=195\" target=\"_blank\">Midwives to appeal court ruling against freedom of conscience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Statement by Glasgow midwives after abortion judgment\" href=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/?p=683\" target=\"_blank\">Statement by Glasgow midwives after abortion judgment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Scottish judge rules objecting midwives can be forced to facilitate abortions\" href=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/?p=1054\" target=\"_blank\">Scottish judge rules objecting midwives can be forced to facilitate abortions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Midwives in Scotland go to court over forced facilitation of abortion\" href=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/?p=1776\" target=\"_blank\">Midwives in Scotland go to court over forced facilitation of abortion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A panel of three judges in Edinburgh is hearing arguments in an appeal by two midwives who were ordered to supervise provision of abortion in the National Health Service Greater Glasgow and Clyde region.\u00a0 A lower court ruled that the protection of conscience provision in the 1967 Abortion Act did not apply to them.\u00a0 [BBC] &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2229\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Court hears appeal of midwives ordered to participate in abortion services&#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-2229","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>Court hears appeal of midwives ordered to participate in abortion services - 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