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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Arlow, Ruth

Titel

Greater Glasgow Health Board v Doogan & Anor [2014] UKSC 68, 2015 SLT 25, [2015] 2 WLR 126: Supreme Court: Lady Hale DPSC, Lords Wilson, Reed, Hughes and Hodge JJSC, 17 December 2014 Abortion - Roman Catholic midwives - conscientious objection - section 4 Abortion Act 1967

Ist Teil von

• Ecclesiastical law journal, 2015-05, Vol.17 (2), p.264

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Ms Doogan and Mrs Wood, both practising Roman Catholics, were labour ward co-ordinators at the appellants' Southern General Hospital. When they began working in the labour ward they claimed conscientious objection under section 4 of the Abortion Act 1967 to participating in termination of pregnancy and took no part in the treatment of certain patients in the ward. From 2007, however, all terminations took place in the labour ward and their number increased in 2010 when the Queen Mother's Maternity Hospital was closed. In September 2009 the petitioners had initiated a formal grievance procedure, claiming that their duties had changed and that they were being required to supervise and support staff carrying out abortions; however, the Board rejected their complaint. On appeal to the Outer House the Lord Ordinary refused declarator that their right of conscientious objection included a right to refuse to supervise and/or support staff who were caring for patients undergoing termination of pregnancy. On reclaimer, however, an Extra Division of the Inner House concluded that they were, in fact, taking part in treatment for the purpose of terminating pregnancy in accordance with section 1(3) of the Act and were therefore entitled to the protection of section 4. The Health Board appealed.