{"id":5452,"date":"2014-12-17T21:04:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T05:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5452"},"modified":"2018-03-07T20:32:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T04:32:45","slug":"catholic-midwives-must-supervise-abortions-supreme-court-decides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5452","title":{"rendered":"Catholic midwives must supervise abortions, Supreme Court decides"},"content":{"rendered":"

Catholic midwives Mary Doogan and Connie Wood lose case against being made to supervise other staff carrying out abortions<\/h2>\n

The Telegraph<\/a><\/p>\n

Patrick Sawer<\/p>\n

Two Catholic midwives who refused to take part in any abortion procedures have lost their legal battle to be treated as ‘conscientious objectors’.<\/p>\n

The UK’s highest court overturned a previous ruling made in favour of the two midwives, after a Scottish health authority urged it to overturn last year’s decision of the Court of Session, in Edinburgh, in the case of Mary Doogan and Connie Wood.<\/p>\n

The ruling is likely to mean that Ms Doogan and Ms Wood will now have to supervise abortions carried out by other staff, as part of their terms of employment, although they will still be free to refuse to carry out the terminations themselves.<\/p>\n

The case centres on the scope of the right to conscientious objection under the Abortion Act 1967, which provides that “no person shall be under any duty … to participate in any treatment authorised by this Act to which he has a conscientious objection”. . . [Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Catholic midwives Mary Doogan and Connie Wood lose case against being made to supervise other staff carrying out abortions The Telegraph Patrick Sawer Two Catholic midwives who refused to take part in any abortion procedures have lost their legal battle to be treated as ‘conscientious objectors’. 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