Swedish midwife loses court case when denied employment after asking to avoid abortion – takes her case to the European Court of Humans Rights
On April 12 the Swedish Labour Court ruled against midwife Ellinor Grimmark who in 2013-2014 was denied employment by three different hospitals because of her conscientious objection to abortion and because she expressed her opinion in a local paper when interviewed. The Labour Court had accepted the case after a lower court previously came to…