{"id":5742,"date":"2015-02-12T22:07:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T06:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5742"},"modified":"2018-03-05T19:45:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T03:45:14","slug":"midwives-left-with-300000-legal-bill-after-abortion-conscience-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5742","title":{"rendered":"Midwives left with \u00a3300,000 legal bill after abortion conscience fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author\">Catholic Universe<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic midwives who fought against being involved with terminations are facing a six-figure legal bill after the Supreme Court ruled against them.<\/p>\n<p>The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), the anti abortion charity that backed the pair&#8217;s battle to be considered conscientious objectors, said it plans to raise funds to help with costs, which are estimated to be as much as \u00a3300,000. . . 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