{"id":8641,"date":"2018-03-20T19:04:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T02:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8641"},"modified":"2018-07-13T19:07:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T02:07:20","slug":"uk-bill-seeks-to-protect-conscientious-objection-for-medical-practitioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8641","title":{"rendered":"UK bill seeks to protect conscientious objection for medical practitioners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Crux<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Catholic News Agency<\/p>\n<p>LONDON &#8211; A bill in the British Parliament would clarify the rights of conscientious objection for medical professionals, protecting them from participating in medical procedures to which their beliefs are opposed.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) Act 2017\u00a0would defend healthcare workers in England and Wales from partaking in the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, IVF or similar fertility treatments, or abortion if they have a conscientious objection to doing so.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, now at the committee stage in the House of Lords, was introduced by Baroness Nuala O&#8217;Loan, a peer from Northern Ireland, who believes medical professionals should not be discriminated against for their personal beliefs. . . 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The\u00a0Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) Act 2017\u00a0would defend healthcare workers in England and Wales from partaking in the withdrawal of life-sustaining &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8641\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;UK bill seeks to protect conscientious objection for medical practitioners&#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":[46,3464,9,760,757],"tags":[3226],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-human-embryo-research","category-news","category-proposed-laws","category-united-kingdom","tag-nuala-oloan"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>UK bill seeks to protect conscientious objection for medical practitioners - 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=8641\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK bill seeks to protect conscientious objection for medical practitioners - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Crux Catholic News Agency LONDON &#8211; A bill in the British Parliament would clarify the rights of conscientious objection for medical professionals, protecting them from participating in medical procedures to which their beliefs are opposed. 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