{"id":5450,"date":"2014-12-17T20:58:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T04:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5450"},"modified":"2018-03-05T19:51:58","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T03:51:58","slug":"midwives-forced-to-leave-profession-because-they-refuse-to-partake-in-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5450","title":{"rendered":"Midwives &#8216;forced to leave profession because they refuse to partake in abortions&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The UK&#8217;s highest court ruled on the matter this morning.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\" target=\"_blank\">The Journal.ie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TWO MIDWIVES WHO do not want to partake in any abortion services in the UK have been told they must still delegate, supervise and support other staff.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling was made by the UK&#8217;s highest court today, overruling a previous judgement that found in favour of the nurses.<\/p>\n<p>Concepta Wood and Mary Doogan are both conscientious objectors and have been labelled in the British media as &#8220;Catholic midwives&#8221; since they began their legal challenge seven years ago. . . 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The ruling was made by the UK&#8217;s highest court today, overruling a previous judgement that found &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5450\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Midwives &#8216;forced to leave profession because they refuse to partake in abortions&#8217;&#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":[46,7,217,9,295,19,757],"tags":[123,231,237,253,270,316],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-law","category-lawsuits","category-news","category-religious-freedom","category-repression-of-conscience","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>Midwives &#039;forced to leave profession because they refuse to partake in abortions&#039; - 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=5450\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Midwives &#039;forced to leave profession because they refuse to partake in abortions&#039; - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UK&#8217;s highest court ruled on the matter this morning. 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