{"id":5653,"date":"2015-03-05T22:49:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T06:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5653"},"modified":"2018-03-07T16:27:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T00:27:16","slug":"wake-up-to-the-war-on-catholic-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5653","title":{"rendered":"Wake up to the war on Catholic doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>From midwifery to geriatrics, Catholics are being driven out of vast areas of the medical profession. We need to fight back now.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicherald.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Catholic Herald<\/em> (UK)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">John Duddington<\/p>\n<p>Imagine you are a Catholic who has just finished general medical training and is now seeking experience in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology.<\/p>\n<p>At the interview for a training post you are not asked \u201cAre you a Catholic?\u201d That would be discrimination on grounds of religion. Instead, you are asked: \u201cAre there any procedures that you would not be able to do?\u201d You answer: \u201cYes. Abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly afterwards, you hear you haven\u2019t been chosen for the position. The letter doesn\u2019t mention your conscientious objection to abortion. That is the reason for your rejection, but the letter covers that up by saying the job was given to a \u201cbetter\u201d candidate. This actually means \u201cmore suitable\u201d, as the candidate will be willing to perform the abortions that the post demands. You will now have to change specialties.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence is naturally anecdotal, but my research suggests that virtually all Catholic obstetricians and gynaecologists in Britain have trained abroad and it is virtually impossible not only for Catholics but also for others with strong religious convictions to train here in these areas. . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicherald.co.uk\/issues\/march-6th-2015\/wake-up-to-the-war-on-catholic-doctors\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From midwifery to geriatrics, Catholics are being driven out of vast areas of the medical profession. We need to fight back now. Catholic Herald (UK) John Duddington Imagine you are a Catholic who has just finished general medical training and is now seeking experience in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology. At the interview for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5653\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wake up to the war on Catholic doctors&#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":[46,643,4,295,19,757],"tags":[2904,3361,3360,3364,3363,3362,2896,3359],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-christianity-catholicism","category-commentary","category-religious-freedom","category-repression-of-conscience","category-united-kingdom","tag-althea-burrell","tag-avril-e-castagna","tag-ben-bell","tag-jaqueline-chow","tag-julia-a-cautadella","tag-luigi-a-castagna","tag-maria-wolfs","tag-pascal-bastien"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Wake up to the war on Catholic doctors - 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=5653\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wake up to the war on Catholic doctors - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From midwifery to geriatrics, Catholics are being driven out of vast areas of the medical profession. 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