{"id":9042,"date":"2019-03-18T13:13:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T20:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9042"},"modified":"2019-04-13T13:19:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T20:19:58","slug":"doctors-to-fight-new-abortion-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9042","title":{"rendered":"Doctors to fight new abortion law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <strong><em>Hawthorn Caller <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">\nMike Billings\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of doctors opposed to abortion say they  will fight any moves in looming reforms to erode their rights to refuse  to deal with patients wanting abortions. The issue of referring patients  seeking abortions to another doctor has drawn opposition from the  group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Justice Minister Andrew Little says he agrees  with a Law Commission proposal for doctors who are \u201cconscientious  objectors\u201d to abortion to be made to directly refer a patient on to  another doctor who they know will provide the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, such doctors only have to advise the  patient they can get the service elsewhere without specifying where. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/hawthorncaller.com\/doctors-to-fight-new-abortion-law\/\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawthorn Caller Mike Billings A group of doctors opposed to abortion say they will fight any moves in looming reforms to erode their rights to refuse to deal with patients wanting abortions. The issue of referring patients seeking abortions to another doctor has drawn opposition from the group. Justice Minister Andrew Little says he agrees &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9042\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Doctors to fight new abortion law&#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":[46,5,7,43,9],"tags":[3644,3645,3646,259,293,3647],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-ethics","category-law","category-new-zealand","category-news","tag-andrew-little","tag-catherine-hallagan","tag-health-professionals-alliance","tag-new-zealand-medical-association","tag-referral","tag-terry-bellamak"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Doctors to fight new abortion law - 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=9042\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Doctors to fight new abortion law - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hawthorn Caller Mike Billings A group of doctors opposed to abortion say they will fight any moves in looming reforms to erode their rights to refuse to deal with patients wanting abortions. 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