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Christian Today<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n The Christian Institute has raised concerns about the right to conscientious objection after the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) said it would teach and assess “abortion skills”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its ‘Better for Women’ document, the RCOG is calling on the General Medical Council (GMC) to “review the Undergraduate medical curriculum to include the importance of abortion care to students”. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The RCOG added it would “teach abortion skills as a part of its core curriculum and assess those skills through examination”. . . [Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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