{"id":9721,"date":"2019-10-02T19:02:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T02:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9721"},"modified":"2019-12-19T19:35:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T03:35:31","slug":"health-service-professionals-who-object-to-taking-part-in-abortions-must-be-protected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9721","title":{"rendered":"Health service professionals who object to taking part in abortions must be protected"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If the new legislation is introduced here, a conscientious objection clause is required, argues Alban Maginness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Belfast Telegraph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Alban Maginness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         The easiest thing to do when things become contentious in your working life is to keep your head down and your mouth shut. But remarkably last week, 815 doctors, nurses and midwives didn&#8217;t do that, but sent a strongly worded letter of protest to Secretary of State Julian Smith expressing opposition to any change in the abortion legislation here. They are so incensed by the undemocratic imposition by Westminster of an extreme abortion regime on the health service in Northern Ireland that they had to speak out publicly. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk\/opinion\/news-analysis\/alban-maginness-health-service-professionals-who-object-to-taking-part-in-abortions-must-be-protected-38551853.html\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the new legislation is introduced here, a conscientious objection clause is required, argues Alban Maginness Belfast Telegraph Alban Maginness The easiest thing to do when things become contentious in your working life is to keep your head down and your mouth shut. But remarkably last week, 815 doctors, nurses and midwives didn&#8217;t do that, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9721\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Health service professionals who object to taking part in abortions must be protected&#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":[46,4,9,3749],"tags":[3815,3809,3810],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-commentary","category-news","category-northern-ireland","tag-alban-maginness","tag-andrew-cupples","tag-debbie-marshall"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Health service professionals who object to taking part in abortions must be protected - 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=9721\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Health service professionals who object to taking part in abortions must be protected - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If the new legislation is introduced here, a conscientious objection clause is required, argues Alban Maginness Belfast Telegraph Alban Maginness The easiest thing to do when things become contentious in your working life is to keep your head down and your mouth shut. 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