{"id":3257,"date":"1984-06-30T18:37:59","date_gmt":"1984-06-30T18:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3257"},"modified":"2013-07-30T18:44:16","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T18:44:16","slug":"nurse-denied-employment-forced-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3257","title":{"rendered":"Nurse Denied Employment, Forced to Resign"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Two Tiered System of Civil Rights<\/h2>\n

British Columbia, Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sean Murphy*<\/a><\/p>\n

Bradley, an operating room\u00a0nurse with 15 years experience, was told that she\u00a0could keep her position only if she assisted in\u00a0abortions. As a result, she went to Children’s
\nHospital, and eventually left the nursing\u00a0profession. She has not worked in the health care\u00a0field since 1984.<\/h5>\n

Registered Nurse Linda Bradley had been refused employment at four British Columbia hospitals when she applied to work at Richmond General Hospital in 1977. Langley Memorial, Peace Arch Hospital, Delta Hospital and Vancouver General had all denied her employment because she was unwilling to assist in abortions. When asked if she would assist in abortions at Richmond General, she agreed. By that time she was desperate for a job.<\/p>\n

Nurse Bradley was involved with abortions at Richmond General for about two years, assisting at about nine abortions monthly. The abortions occupied a total of about four hours of her work each month.<\/p>\n

One day, however, she was told to scrub for a hysterotomy of a woman 5 1\/2 months pregnant. A hysterotomy is a Caesarean section performed for the sole purpose of killing the child. Reason for the abortion: “multiparity”. The woman had had previous pregnancies. [Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Two Tiered System of Civil Rights British Columbia, Canada Sean Murphy* Bradley, an operating room\u00a0nurse with 15 years experience, was told that she\u00a0could keep her position only if she assisted in\u00a0abortions. As a result, she went to Children’s Hospital, and eventually left the nursing\u00a0profession. 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