{"id":3494,"date":"2013-08-13T20:40:18","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T03:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3494"},"modified":"2018-03-08T20:41:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T04:41:12","slug":"irish-government-signals-intention-to-force-catholic-hospitals-to-provide-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3494","title":{"rendered":"Irish government signals intention to force Catholic hospitals to provide abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Physician recommends expansion of abortion services beyond designated facilities<\/h2>\n<p>Quoting an unnamed official\u00a0of the\u00a0Irish Department of Health, the <em>Irish Independent<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.ie\/irish-news\/hospitals-have-no-right-to-opt-out-of-abortion-law-priest-told-29482713.html\" target=\"_blank\">has\u00a0reported <\/a>that the Irish government intends to force\u00a0Catholic hospitals to provide abortions under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/laws\/ireland001.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">new Irish abortion law<\/a>.\u00a0 The official is quoted as saying that the new law provides for conscientious objection for individuals, but the exemption &#8221; does not apply to a hospital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Irish <em>Independent<\/em> also reports that Dr. Kevin Walsh, a\u00a0cardiologist at Mater Hospital, Dublin, has said that more hospitals should be designated to provide abortions, as he believes that the obstetric hospitals\u00a0do not have the resources to manage\u00a0women who are\u00a0&#8220;pregnant and critically\u00a0ill with heart disease.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Abortions in such circumstances would be better provided in acute care hospitals, he said, &#8220;on an urgent planned basis rather than immediate emergency basis.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physician recommends expansion of abortion services beyond designated facilities Quoting an unnamed official\u00a0of the\u00a0Irish Department of Health, the Irish Independent has\u00a0reported that the Irish government intends to force\u00a0Catholic hospitals to provide abortions under the new Irish abortion law.\u00a0 The official is quoted as saying that the new law provides for conscientious objection for individuals, but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3494\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Irish government signals intention to force Catholic hospitals to provide abortion&#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":[46,643,41,9,295,19],"tags":[184,1095,847,3396],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-3494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-christianity-catholicism","category-ireland","category-news","category-religious-freedom","category-repression-of-conscience","tag-hospitals","tag-kevin-doran","tag-kevin-walsh","tag-mater-misericordiae-university-hospital-dublin-ireland"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Irish government signals intention to force Catholic hospitals to provide abortion - 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