{"id":7474,"date":"2017-06-14T20:07:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T03:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7474"},"modified":"2018-03-05T21:35:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T05:35:07","slug":"swedish-midwife-turns-to-european-court-of-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7474","title":{"rendered":"Swedish midwife turns to European Court of Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

News Release<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alliance Defending Freedom<\/p>\n

STRASBOURG, France<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A Christian midwife filed her application with the European Court of Human Rights Wednesday against Sweden. Elinor Grimmark had to seek work in another country because she refused to participate in abortions. Because the Swedish courts have failed to recognize her freedom of conscientious objection, she is asking the European court to hear her case,\u00a0Grimmark v. Sweden<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe desire to help bring life into this world is what leads many midwives and nurses to enter the medical profession in the first place. Instead of forcing desperately needed midwives out of a profession, governments should look to safeguard the moral convictions of medical staff,\u201d said ADF International Director of European Advocacy Robert Clarke. \u201cEllinor\u2019s case could determine whether people who value life at all stages of development will be able to pursue a medical career in the future. Sweden has failed to protect this midwife\u2019s fundamental right to freedom of conscience guaranteed by international law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three different medical clinics had refused to employ Grimmark because she would not assist with abortions in light of her convictions about the dignity of all human life. On April 12, the Swedish Labour Court of Appeal refused to protect her freedom of conscience and instead found that Grimmark\u2019s rights had not been violated.<\/p>\n

The court required her<\/a>\u00a0to pay the local government\u2019s legal costs, amounting to more than 150,000 euros. ADF International filed an\u00a0expert brief<\/a>\u00a0in support of her case with the Swedish court, highlighting the protection for freedom of conscience that exists under international law.<\/p>\n

\u201cI chose the midwifery profession because I wanted to help bring life into this world,\u201d explained Grimmark during a media background briefing in Strasbourg Wednesday. \u201cI cannot understand why the Swedish government refuses to accommodate my conscientious convictions. I am now working in Norway, where my conscience is respected, but no one can explain why Sweden cannot do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

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ADF International<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization that advocates for the right of people to freely live out their faith.<\/em>
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