Christian Doctor Fired for Refusing to Dispense Birth Control Wins Norway Supreme Court Case
by Samuel Smith, Christian Post:
A Catholic doctor who was fired over her objection to birth control has won a landmark case in Norway’s Supreme Court.
In a ruling last Thursday, Norway’s highest court sided with Polish Dr. Katarzyna Jachimowicz and ruled that she has the right to refuse conducting a birth control procedure that violates her Catholic beliefs.
Jachimowicz, who has over two decades’ experience as a doctor, was let go from her job with General Practitioner Clinic in Sauherad in 2015 after she refused to implant an intrauterine device into a patient seeking a birth control solution.
The doctor refused on grounds that IUDs can act as abortifacient devices and go against the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Although Norway’s laws had previously protected the conscience rights of doctors, a new rule was introduced in January 2015 that limited conscience protections for doctors and barred doctors from refusing to provide any method of birth control.
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