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 be necessary to enable the woman to avail of the termination of pregnancy concerned»...