ABORTION IN IRELAND: DOCTORS ASK TO INCLUDE THEIR RIGHT TO CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IN PROPOSED LEGISLATION
Under the current abortion bill, refusing to refer patients to doctors willing to perform abortions would «be a breach of the law». While the law allows conscientious objection and allows doctors to refuse to perform abortions, it obliges them to » make such arrangements for the transfer of care of the pregnant woman concerned as may…