{"id":16920,"date":"1967-02-18T13:25:00","date_gmt":"1967-02-18T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=16920"},"modified":"2023-02-23T08:04:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T16:04:59","slug":"correspondence-professional-freedom-threatened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=16920","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) Professional Freedom Threatened"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">KE Jolles<\/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>During the whole of that time I have proudly shouldered both the duty and the responsibility of being permitted to carry out any medical or surgical treatment needed by any of my patients, even abortion, albeit this latter only subject to certain reasonable legal safeguards. In fact, I have not carried out a single abortion, or even felt tempted to. Under the proposed Abortion Bill, as I see it, I am summarily to be deprived of this professional right for no fault of mine, and only a limited number of certain doctors are to be designated as having a licence to kill unborn babies. But in an emergency, it seems, my right-and duty-to do the necessary are restored to me. Aren&#8217;t we back to &#8221; square one &#8220;? What constitutes an emergency ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Jolles K. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1841594\/pdf\/brmedj02123-0082a.pdf\">(Correspondence) Professional Freedom Threatened<\/a>. Br Med J. 1967 Feb 18;1(5537):426. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KE Jolles ExtractDuring the whole of that time I have proudly shouldered both the duty and the responsibility of being permitted to carry out any medical or surgical treatment needed by any of my patients, even abortion, albeit this latter only subject to certain reasonable legal safeguards. 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