{"id":17232,"date":"1967-05-20T19:55:00","date_gmt":"1967-05-21T02:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17232"},"modified":"2024-11-23T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T04:10:49","slug":"correspondence-abortion-bill-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17232","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) Abortion bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gareth Lloyd<\/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><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. W. J. Stanley (22 April, p. 247) raises the question of the legal position of the doctor refusing to accede to the termination of a pregnancy on medical grounds. Let us be clear in our minds that, once the Bill becomes law, any doctor refusing to consider abortion on medical or social grounds could be liable to be prosecuted for negligence. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Lloyd G.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/instance\/1842007\/pdf\/brmedj02136-0083b.pdf\">(Correspondence) Abortion Bill.<\/a> Br Med J. 1967 May 20; 2(5550): 511<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gareth Lloyd Extract Dr. W. J. Stanley (22 April, p. 247) raises the question of the legal position of the doctor refusing to accede to the termination of a pregnancy on medical grounds. 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