{"id":2768,"date":"2013-05-05T05:07:38","date_gmt":"2013-05-05T05:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2768"},"modified":"2013-05-05T05:07:45","modified_gmt":"2013-05-05T05:07:45","slug":"irish-bishops-oppose-new-abortion-law-cite-concerns-about-freedom-of-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2768","title":{"rendered":"Irish bishops oppose new abortion law: cite concerns about freedom of conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A preliminary response from the Irish Catholic Bishops&#8217; Conference to the proposed <b><i>Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013<\/i><\/b> had criticized the bill on several grounds.\u00a0 Among their concerns they raise the issue of freedom of conscience:<\/p>\n<h5>The Bill also appears to impose a duty on Catholic hospitals to provide abortions. This would be totally unacceptable and has serious implications for the existing legal and Constitutional arrangements that respect the legitimate autonomy and religious ethos of faith-based institutions. It would also pose serious difficulties for the conscientious beliefs of many citizens. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicbishops.ie\/2013\/05\/03\/preliminary-response-catholic-bishops-ireland-protection-life-pregnancy-bill-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full statement<\/a>]<\/h5>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/proposed\/ireland.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">protection of conscience measure <\/a>in the bill does not apply to hospitals or other institutions, denominational or otherwise.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Proposed Irish abortion law demands referral by objectors, denies freedom of conscience to denominational institutions\" href=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/?p=2759\" target=\"_blank\">Proposed Irish abortion law demands referral by objectors, denies freedom of conscience to denominational institutions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A preliminary response from the Irish Catholic Bishops&#8217; Conference to the proposed Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013 had criticized the bill on several grounds.\u00a0 Among their concerns they raise the issue of freedom of conscience: The Bill also appears to impose a duty on Catholic hospitals to provide abortions. This would be totally &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2768\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Irish bishops oppose new abortion law: cite concerns about freedom of conscience&#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":[46,643,41,7,9,295],"tags":[518],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-christianity-catholicism","category-ireland","category-law","category-news","category-religious-freedom","tag-protection-of-life-during-pregnancy-bill-2013"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Irish bishops oppose new abortion law: cite concerns about freedom 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=2768\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Irish bishops oppose new abortion law: cite concerns about freedom of conscience - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A preliminary response from the Irish Catholic Bishops&#8217; Conference to the proposed Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013 had criticized the bill on several grounds.\u00a0 Among their concerns they raise the issue of freedom of conscience: The Bill also appears to impose a duty on Catholic hospitals to provide abortions. 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