The Scottish Court of Session case of Doogan & Wood v Greater Glasgow Health Board [2012] CSOH 32 dealt with two issues regarding the right of Midwives to refuse to participate in Abortion, namely Article 9 (Freedom of Religion) of the European Convention on Human Rights and the "Conscientious Objection" clause in s4(1) of the Abortion Act 1967.
In the News
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March 8th, 2012
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March 8th, 2012Keeping marriage between men and women is in the interests of the “wider good of society” and not just those of the church, the former Bishop of Rochester insisted last night.
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March 8th, 2012As Rowan Williams warns in more subtle terms than Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the law cannot be used to push cultural change.
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March 8th, 2012Seven out of 10 people are opposed to the Government’s plans to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples, a poll suggests.
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March 8th, 2012March 2, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The legislative assembly of St. Petersburg, Russia’s second largest city, has approved a law prohibiting exposing minors to homosexualist and pedophile propaganda.
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March 8th, 2012Same-sex marriages would be a "profoundly radical step" that would threaten the true meaning of matrimony the most influential Catholic in England and Wales has warned, it has been reported.
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March 8th, 2012Last night, we posted Douglas Murray's conservative argument in favour of same-sex marriage. Here's the opposite view:
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March 8th, 2012A Letter on Marriage from the President and Vice-President of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.
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March 8th, 2012Militant Islamist group Boko Haram has declared “war” on Christians in Nigeria, saying that they are planning coordinated attacks to “eradicate Christians from certain parts of the country”.
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March 8th, 2012TEHRAN, IRAN (ANS) – Thirteen Christian converts have been arrested following an attack by security authorities on a house church in Iran. Three of them are being held in custody at an unknown location, according to Mohabat News.