{"id":9513,"date":"2019-09-13T11:46:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T18:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9513"},"modified":"2019-12-18T09:39:37","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T17:39:37","slug":"the-conscience-rights-of-health-practitioners-must-be-protected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9513","title":{"rendered":"The conscience rights of health practitioners must be protected"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"author\">A NSW bill could deter some of the brightest and best from entering health services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatornet.com\">MercatorNet<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Greg Walsh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            One of the main concerns about the Bill recently introduced to amend New South Wales laws on abortion is how health practitioners with a conscientious objection to participating in abortion will be regulated.&nbsp;Under the Bill, health practitioners must disclose that they have a conscientious objection if they are asked to perform, assist with, provide advice about, or make a decision concerning whether an abortion should be performed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>             There is also a referral requirement if a request is made by a patient for the practitioner to perform an abortion on the patient or to advise the patient about an abortion. In such a situation the practitioner must transfer the care of the patient to someone who the practitioner reasonably believes does not have a conscientious objection or advise the patient how to locate such a person. .  . 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