Over 100 Northern Irish health care workers threaten to quit over new abortion regime
by Dorothy Cummings McLean, LifeSite:
Medical professionals, including GPs, have threatened to quit if the pro-abortion legislation forced on predominantly pro-life Northern Ireland does not make adequate provisions for conscience rights.
Dr. Andrew Cupples is among the 135 medical staff, including doctors, nurses, midwives, and pharmacists, who signed a statement indicating that they are unhappy that they may have to participate in abortions in an “ancillary, administrative or managerial capacity.”
“It is indeed welcome that healthcare professionals who object to abortion do not have to participate in a ‘hands-on’ capacity in the procedure,” the signatories conceded.
“However, for many, requests to act in an ancillary, administrative or managerial task in abortion provision may be equally problematic,” they continued.
“Performing such tasks may be key to an abortion taking place and could lead to the professional in question feeling they are complicit in something they believe to be deeply wrong.”
The group stated also that some may now choose to leave the medical profession.
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