{"id":12151,"date":"1966-03-19T14:13:00","date_gmt":"1966-03-19T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12151"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:50:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T23:50:54","slug":"medical-issues-in-abortion-law-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12151","title":{"rendered":"Medical Issues in Abortion Law Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lord Brain<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bmj.jpg\" alt=\"British Medical Journal, BMJ\" class=\"wp-image-11229\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">British Medical Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>There remain for consideration some general problems to which very little attention has so far been paid. It is necessary to distinguish (1) the law relating to abortion, (2) professional ethics relating to abortion, and (3) individual ethical standards. Hitherto (1) and (2) have coincided, in that an offence against the law relating to abortion has also been treated as an offence against professional ethics. Personal ethical standards, however, may differ from those of the law or of the profession as a whole. If the law is relaxed the General Medical Council will presumably have to consider whether professional ethical standards should be correspondingly relaxed. Individual judgements, however, may well show a much wider range than in the past, when doctors who were not opposed to abortion in principle were usually prepared to accept the standards laid down by the Bourne judgement. . . Doctors will, of course, remain free to exercise their own judgements in these matters, and the same must apply to the nurses and others who have to cooperate with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Brain L. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1844223\/pdf\/brmedj02542-0025a.pdf\">Medical Issues in Abortion Law Reform<\/a>. Br  Med  J. 1966;1(5489):727-729. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord Brain ExtractThere remain for consideration some general problems to which very little attention has so far been paid. It is necessary to distinguish (1) the law relating to abortion, (2) professional ethics relating to abortion, and (3) individual ethical standards. 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