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Raphael
February 18th 2010, 03:52 PM
From the article (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10627134&ref=rss):
Anti-abortion doctors have gone to court to challenge new Medical Council guidelines on how physicians with personal objections to abortion must deal with patients.

One of the doctors is believed to be Mary English, a Wellington GP and wife of Deputy Prime Minister Bill English.

Dr English is a Catholic whose anti-abortion beliefs are widely known.
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Their main objection is understood to involve a new section in the guidelines covering the way doctors who object to abortion must deal with patients.

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It requires them to tell patients having doubts about a pregnancy that abortion is one of the options.

Lets hope they win their court case.

theowarrior7
February 19th 2010, 07:47 PM
When did this article come out?

Raphael
February 19th 2010, 08:14 PM
Yesterday

theowarrior7
February 19th 2010, 08:17 PM
Thank you. When is the court date?

Raphael
February 19th 2010, 08:23 PM
The articles don't mention when the court date will be, but from the article:
The doctors filed an application in the High Court last week for a judicial review of the guidelines, titled "Beliefs and Medical Practice".

theowarrior7
February 19th 2010, 08:30 PM
Thanks! I will be sure to look into this.

Blessings in Christ! :smile: