{"id":5507,"date":"2014-11-10T05:41:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T13:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5507"},"modified":"2018-03-05T19:54:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T03:54:45","slug":"should-midwives-opposed-to-abortion-have-the-right-to-refuse-any-involvement-in-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5507","title":{"rendered":"Should midwives opposed to abortion have the right to refuse any involvement in cases?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Landmark decision ‘could have severe impact on women’s care’, experts warn<\/h2>\n

Daily Mail<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Lizzie Parry<\/p>\n

Midwives who object to abortions could be allowed to opt out of any involvement with women who choose to terminate their unborn babies.<\/p>\n

The UK’s Supreme Court will today hear an appeal after\u00a0two Catholic midwives won a landmark case for the right to refuse any involvement in abortion procedures in 2013.<\/p>\n

Mary Doogan, 58, and Connie Wood, 52, argued that being required to supervise staff involved in abortions was a violation of their human rights.<\/p>\n

The women had no direct role in pregnancy terminations, but claimed they should also be able to refuse to support staff taking part in the procedures.<\/p>\n

If the court upholds that decision it could set a legal precedent, allowing other midwives who object to abortions to take the same stance.<\/p>\n

But the Royal College of Midwives and the women’s charity\u00a0British Pregnancy Advisory Service (bpas) warned today that such a ruling could have severe implications for the care of women choosing\u00a0abortions.<\/p>\n

Ms Doogan and Ms Wood took their case against NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to the Court of Session in Edinburgh in 2012, but lost.<\/p>\n

But in April last year, three appeal judges at the same court ruled their appeal should succeed.<\/p>\n

Judges at the court will tomorrow hear an appeal by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the RCM and bpas said the two bodies are ‘deeply concerned’ that the judgement ‘extends the right of conscientious objection beyond the provisions intended by the Abortion Act’. . . . [Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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