{"id":2556,"date":"2013-04-25T20:47:44","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T20:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556"},"modified":"2015-09-03T04:40:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T04:40:19","slug":"should-medical-staff-be-able-to-opt-out-on-grounds-of-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556","title":{"rendered":"Should medical staff be able to opt out on grounds of conscience?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"scotlandtonight\"<\/a>
Click on the image to watch the discussion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Scotland Tonight <\/a><\/em>looked\u00a0at the issue of conscientious objection by health care workers following the successful appeal <\/a>of midwives against an order to delegate, supervise, or support staff involved in providing abortions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Discussion participants were Paul Tully of the pro-life group, Society for the Protection of Unborn Children,\u00a0health journalist Pennie Taylor and employment lawyer Donald MacKinnon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scotland Tonight looked\u00a0at the issue of conscientious objection by health care workers following the successful appeal of midwives against an order to delegate, supervise, or support staff involved in providing abortions. Discussion participants were Paul Tully of the pro-life group, Society for the Protection of Unborn Children,\u00a0health journalist Pennie Taylor and employment lawyer Donald MacKinnon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,4,7,217,757],"tags":[123,231,237,253,270,316],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-commentary","category-law","category-lawsuits","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\nShould medical staff be able to opt out on grounds of conscience? - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Should medical staff be able to opt out on grounds of conscience? - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Scotland Tonight looked\u00a0at the issue of conscientious objection by health care workers following the successful appeal of midwives against an order to delegate, supervise, or support staff involved in providing abortions. Discussion participants were Paul Tully of the pro-life group, Society for the Protection of Unborn Children,\u00a0health journalist Pennie Taylor and employment lawyer Donald MacKinnon.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConscienceProject\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-04-25T20:47:44+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-09-03T04:40:19+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/scotlandtonight-300x168.png\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@consciencepro\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@consciencepro\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=2556#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=2556\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Should medical staff be able to opt out on grounds of conscience?\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-04-25T20:47:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-09-03T04:40:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=2556\"},\"wordCount\":84,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=2556#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/consciencelaws.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/scotlandtonight-300x168.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Connie Wood\",\"Mary Doogan\",\"midwives\",\"National Health Service Greater Glasgow and Clyde\",\"participation\",\"Scotland\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Abortion\",\"Commentary\",\"Law\",\"Lawsuits\",\"United Kingdom\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=2556#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=2556\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=2556\",\"name\":\"Should medical staff be able to opt out on grounds of conscience? - Protection of Conscience Project News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=2556#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=2556#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/consciencelaws.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/scotlandtonight-300x168.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-04-25T20:47:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-09-03T04:40:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=2556#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=2556\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=2556#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/consciencelaws.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/scotlandtonight-300x168.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/consciencelaws.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/scotlandtonight-300x168.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=2556#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Should medical staff be able to opt out on grounds of conscience?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Protection of Conscience Project News\",\"description\":\"Service, not Servitude\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Protection of Conscience Project\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"Protection of Conscience Project\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ConscienceProject\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/consciencepro\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/consciencepro\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\r\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Should medical staff be able to opt out on grounds of conscience? - Protection of Conscience Project News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Should medical staff be able to opt out on grounds of conscience? - Protection of Conscience Project News","og_description":"Scotland Tonight looked\u00a0at the issue of conscientious objection by health care workers following the successful appeal of midwives against an order to delegate, supervise, or support staff involved in providing abortions. Discussion participants were Paul Tully of the pro-life group, Society for the Protection of Unborn Children,\u00a0health journalist Pennie Taylor and employment lawyer Donald MacKinnon.","og_url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556","og_site_name":"Protection of Conscience Project News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConscienceProject","article_published_time":"2013-04-25T20:47:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-09-03T04:40:19+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/scotlandtonight-300x168.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@consciencepro","twitter_site":"@consciencepro","twitter_misc":{"Written by":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Should medical staff be able to opt out on grounds of conscience?","datePublished":"2013-04-25T20:47:44+00:00","dateModified":"2015-09-03T04:40:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556"},"wordCount":84,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/scotlandtonight-300x168.png","keywords":["Connie Wood","Mary Doogan","midwives","National Health Service Greater Glasgow and Clyde","participation","Scotland"],"articleSection":["Abortion","Commentary","Law","Lawsuits","United Kingdom"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556","url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556","name":"Should medical staff be able to opt out on grounds of conscience? - Protection of Conscience Project News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/scotlandtonight-300x168.png","datePublished":"2013-04-25T20:47:44+00:00","dateModified":"2015-09-03T04:40:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/scotlandtonight-300x168.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/scotlandtonight-300x168.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2556#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Should medical staff be able to opt out on grounds of conscience?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/","name":"Protection of Conscience Project News","description":"Service, not Servitude","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#organization","name":"Protection of Conscience Project","url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Protection of Conscience Project"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConscienceProject","https:\/\/x.com\/consciencepro","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/consciencepro"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":""}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2556"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3054,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556\/revisions\/3054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2556"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_folder&post=2556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}