<< Previous | 4 of 15 | Next >>

Uk News

Court overrules abortion decision

The UK’s highest court has overturned a decision affecting the case of two Roman Catholic midwives who had previously won the right to avoid supervising staff involved in abortions.

The Christian Institute

Figure Image
Lady Hale | photo: Flickr(Salford Uni)

Last April, judges at Edinburgh’s Court of Session ruled that Mary Doogan and Connie Wood’s conscientious objection to abortions meant that they had the right to refuse to delegate, supervise or support staff involved in abortions.