{"id":8569,"date":"2018-02-08T16:49:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T00:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8569"},"modified":"2018-07-09T16:52:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T23:52:13","slug":"it-is-not-right-to-force-medics-to-act-against-their-beliefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8569","title":{"rendered":"It is not right to force medics to act against their beliefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A bill to cover conscientious objections in medicine would avoid losing valuable members of staff<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>The Times<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Lord Mackay of Clashfern<\/p>\n<p>A fortnight ago Baroness O\u2019Loan\u2019s Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) Bill passed its second reading in the House of Lords. It now heads to committee stage where it will be scrutinised further.<\/p>\n<p>A large campaign backing the bill has argued that it is necessary to legally safeguard the conscience of all medical professionals, many of whom do not currently have clear rights guaranteed in law. The bill marks out three areas where conscience rights would receive explicit protection, namely: the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment; activity under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990; and in the context of abortion.<\/p>\n<p>I spoke in support of the bill during the debate prior to the second reading, where many raised concerns about an \u201cunreasonably broad\u201d ability to conscientiously object to the provision of abortion. As far as I am concerned, there is a very simple analysis of this. . . 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A large campaign &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8569\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;It is not right to force medics to act against their beliefs&#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":[46,3464,760,757],"tags":[3477,3226],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-human-embryo-research","category-proposed-laws","category-united-kingdom","tag-lord-mackay-of-clashfern","tag-nuala-oloan"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>It is not right to force medics to act against their beliefs - 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=8569\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It is not right to force medics to act against their beliefs - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A bill to cover conscientious objections in medicine would avoid losing valuable members of staff The Times Lord Mackay of Clashfern A fortnight ago Baroness O\u2019Loan\u2019s Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) Bill passed its second reading in the House of Lords. 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