{"id":9785,"date":"2019-10-23T22:39:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T05:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9785"},"modified":"2019-12-23T23:40:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T07:40:58","slug":"midwives-issued-advice-on-abortion-care-in-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9785","title":{"rendered":"Midwives issued advice on abortion care in Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Midwives and other healthcare professionals have no statutory right to conscientious objection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Belfast Telegraph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Northern Ireland midwives who object to providing abortion care have been advised by their professional body to inform their management as soon as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        The new arrangements mean that women will not be criminalised for seeking an abortion and midwives and other healthcare professionals will not be criminally prosecuted for providing abortion services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         However, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) said that at the moment, &#8220;midwives and other healthcare professionals continue to have no statutory right to conscientious objection&#8221;. . . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk\/news\/northern-ireland\/midwives-issued-advice-on-abortion-care-in-northern-ireland-38622282.html\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Midwives and other healthcare professionals have no statutory right to conscientious objection Belfast Telegraph Northern Ireland midwives who object to providing abortion care have been advised by their professional body to inform their management as soon as possible. The new arrangements mean that women will not be criminalised for seeking an abortion and midwives and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9785\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Midwives issued advice on abortion care in Northern Ireland&#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":[46,7,9,3749,757],"tags":[237,1441],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-law","category-news","category-northern-ireland","category-united-kingdom","tag-midwives","tag-royal-college-of-midwives"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Midwives issued advice on abortion care in Northern Ireland - 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=9785\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Midwives issued advice on abortion care in Northern Ireland - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Midwives and other healthcare professionals have no statutory right to conscientious objection Belfast Telegraph Northern Ireland midwives who object to providing abortion care have been advised by their professional body to inform their management as soon as possible. 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