{"id":8575,"date":"2018-02-09T17:08:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T01:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8575"},"modified":"2018-07-09T17:12:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T00:12:29","slug":"why-this-is-a-vital-matter-of-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8575","title":{"rendered":"Why this is a vital matter of conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Daily Mail<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Lord Alton<\/p>\n<p>Call The Midwife has become a national institution, and is the BBC&#8217;s most popular drama.<\/p>\n<p>Up to ten million people tune in to this heart-warming serial, and its stars, such as Jenny Agutter and Helen George, have reminded people what a high calling it is to bring children into the world.<\/p>\n<p>Yet I think that many viewers would be horrified to realise that today, in 21st century Britain, midwives can lose their jobs unless they are willing to facilitate abortions\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 even though, in ending the life of an unborn child, they must do something that is instinctively the opposite of their calling.<\/p>\n<p>To put a midwife\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 or any other healthcare professional\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 in that invidious position is to me wholly unacceptable. It is almost totalitarian. . .<strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-5373943\/Catholic-midwife-ousted-refusing-oversee-abortions.html?\">Full Text<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Mail Lord Alton Call The Midwife has become a national institution, and is the BBC&#8217;s most popular drama. Up to ten million people tune in to this heart-warming serial, and its stars, such as Jenny Agutter and Helen George, have reminded people what a high calling it is to bring children into the world. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8575\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why this is a vital matter of conscience&#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":[46,4,760,757],"tags":[123,231,237],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-commentary","category-proposed-laws","category-united-kingdom","tag-connie-wood","tag-mary-doogan","tag-midwives"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Why this is a vital matter of conscience - 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=8575\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why this is a vital matter of conscience - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Daily Mail Lord Alton Call The Midwife has become a national institution, and is the BBC&#8217;s most popular drama. 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