{"id":7731,"date":"2017-03-29T14:50:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T21:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7731"},"modified":"2018-03-05T18:41:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T02:41:49","slug":"un-censures-italy-for-high-number-of-doctors-who-wont-perform-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7731","title":{"rendered":"UN Censures Italy for High Number of Doctors Who Won&#8217;t Perform Abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Breitbart<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Thomas D. Williams<\/p>\n<p>The Human Rights Committee of the United Nations has censured Italy for failing to provide ready access to abortion throughout the country due to a &#8220;high number of physicians&#8221; who refuse to carry out the procedure for reasons of conscience.<\/p>\n<p>In its recently released <a href=\"http:\/\/tbinternet.ohchr.org\/_layouts\/treatybodyexternal\/Download.aspx?symbolno=CCPR\/C\/ITA\/CO\/6&amp;Lang=En\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> on Italy (2017), the UN Committee specifically names conscience objection as an obstacle to insuring the availability of abortions throughout the predominantly Catholic nation.<\/p>\n<p>In a section devoted to &#8220;voluntary termination of pregnancy,&#8221; the Committee notes its concerns over &#8220;reported difficulties in accessing legal abortions owing to the high number of physicians who refuse to perform abortions for reasons of conscience and their manner of distribution across the country.&#8221; . . .[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2017\/03\/29\/un-censures-italy-for-high-number-of-doctors-who-wont-perform-abortions\/\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breitbart Thomas D. Williams The Human Rights Committee of the United Nations has censured Italy for failing to provide ready access to abortion throughout the country due to a &#8220;high number of physicians&#8221; who refuse to carry out the procedure for reasons of conscience. 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