{"id":13769,"date":"1975-06-14T20:58:00","date_gmt":"1975-06-15T03:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13769"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:32:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T23:32:33","slug":"points-from-letters-abortion-amendment-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13769","title":{"rendered":"(Points from Letters) Abortion (Amendment) Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GW Theobald<\/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>It is fast becoming evident that no man or woman whose conscience prevents them from engaging in this practice can in future contemplate specializing in obstetrics and gynaecology, and this would apply to many practising Christians, not merely Roman Catholics, and presumably to orthodox Jews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Theobald G. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1673521\/pdf\/brmedj01451-0054a.pdf\">(Points from Letters) Abortion (Amendment) Bill<\/a>. 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