{"id":13556,"date":"1968-05-04T18:46:00","date_gmt":"1968-05-05T01:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13556"},"modified":"2023-01-24T18:57:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T02:57:48","slug":"correspondence-gmc-and-abortion-act-1967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13556","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) GMC and Abortion Act, 1967"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Myre Sim<\/h4>\n\n\n
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It is difficult for the ordinary doctor like myself to understand the role of the G.M.C. as regards medical ethics. Its change in attitude over abortion would suggest that the law of the land takes precedence over medical ethics, for the present law permits abortion for non-medical reasons. Does this mean that the G.M.C. will maintain only those medical ethics which do not conflict with the law, and that laws permitting euthanasia and sterilization of the unfit would receive similar sanction ? There is surely a conflict here not only between the G.M.C. and individual doctors but between the G.M.C. and those medical ethics which have international recognition..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sim M. (Correspondence) GMC and Abortion Act, 1967<\/a>. Br Med J. 1968 May 4;2(5600):298. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Myre Sim ExtractIt is difficult for the ordinary doctor like myself to understand the role of the G.M.C. as regards medical ethics. Its change in attitude over abortion would suggest that the law of the land takes precedence over medical ethics, for the present law permits abortion for non-medical reasons. 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