By Dave Andrusko When senior midwives Mary Doogan and Connie Wood won a pivotal right of conscience case in 2013, everyone knew the legal proceedings would not end there. Tomorrow the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom will hear an appeal brought by the NHS...
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Glasgow health board again tries to force midwives to supervise abortions
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. While my family and I are on vacation, we are running some of our favorite NRL News Today stories from the last four months, entries from our “Roe at 40" series, and an occasional update. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon...
Catholic midwives appeal court ruling forcing them to supervise abortions
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and is CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. Two Roman Catholic midwives who lost a legal battle to avoid...
Appeal hearing in midwives’ legal battle
By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. The first three background paragraphs of this post were provided by the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) Mary Doogan and Connie Wood, midwifery sisters from Glasgow’s Southern General Hospital, will go to the Inner...
Midwives’ Appeal will be heard in January
By Dave Andrusko A “thank you” to the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) which sent out an alert that an appeal will be heard next January in the case of two Glasgow midwives who refuse to supervise abortion procedures. Last February, judge Lady...