{"id":190922,"date":"2018-11-14T06:20:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T12:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=190922"},"modified":"2018-11-14T13:36:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T19:36:43","slug":"majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Majority of doctors in Ireland refuse to commit abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>In May 2018, the formerly pro-life country of Ireland <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/newsbreak-ireland-votes-to-legalize-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted to legalize abortion<\/a>, with estimates of an additional 10,000 preborn children now being targeted for death through abortion. Doctors there were, even prior to this, legally able to perform any procedures to save the life of the mother, including for life-threatening complications such as pre-eclampsia and cancer. In addition, Ireland was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelifeinstitute.net\/current-projects\/abortion-never-saves-a-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ranked by the United Nations<\/a> as one of the safest countries in the world to have a baby, though abortion was illegal there at the time.<\/p>\n<p>But it has taken less than a year for extremism to seep in. Irish politicians took just <em>one day<\/em> to announce that <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ireland-taxpayers-to-fund-all-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all abortions would be taxpayer-funded<\/a>, and that all publicly-funded health care entities would be expected to commit abortions, leading Catholic hospitals to announce that they would continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ireland-catholic-hospitals-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prohibit abortion from being committed there<\/a>. Now, a new survey of Irish doctors has found that a majority say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/majority-of-gps-say-they-cant-provide-abortion-services-4330244-Nov2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they will not commit abortions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over 3,500 members of the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) responded to a survey asking if they would be willing to commit abortions, and only 32% answered yes. 43% said they wouldn&#8217;t \u201cdue to concerns regarding capacity, resources or conscientious objection, but are willing to refer to another colleague,\u201d while <em>25% said they not only would not commit abortions, but would also not refer to an abortionist<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The ICGP also released a statement saying that no doctor should be forced to commit abortions if they do not want to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5THDmys8z30\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ireland-taxpayers-to-fund-all-abortions\/\">Extreme: Ireland officials will force taxpayers to fund all abortions<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some doctors have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dorsetecho.co.uk\/news\/national\/17208283.some-gps-have-lost-faith-in-irish-health-minister-over-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticized Health Minister Simon Harris<\/a>, with 640 claiming they have &#8220;lost faith&#8221; in him. \u201cInstead of reaching out to the hundreds of GPs, Minister Harris has adopted an utterly dismissive tone from the get-go,&#8221; Dublin doctor Aisling Bastible said. Pro-life doctor Andrew O&#8217;Regan agreed. &#8220;No matter what your stance on abortion, you would surely expect the minister to consult with GPs on the ground before legislating,\u201d he said. \u201cGeneral practice is at maximum capacity, we have a big problem trying to recruit GPs and now the government are saying, \u2018We want you to do this as well\u2019, it\u2019s just not on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe referendum was about choice, what about our choice?&#8221; he continued. \u201cThere\u2019s plenty of doctors willing to do this, we don\u2019t want to block those doctors but don\u2019t force us to be part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2018, the formerly pro-life country of Ireland voted to legalize abortion, with estimates of an additional 10,000 preborn children now being targeted for death through abortion. Doctors there were, even prior to this, legally able to perform any procedures to save the life of the mother, including for life-threatening complications such as pre-eclampsia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":188879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Survey: Majority of doctors in Ireland refuse to commit abortions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;The referendum was about choice, what about our choice?&quot; said a GP in Ireland. \u201cThere\u2019s plenty of doctors willing... don\u2019t force us to be part of it.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Survey: Majority of doctors in Ireland refuse to commit abortions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;The referendum was about choice, what about our choice?&quot; said a GP in Ireland. \u201cThere\u2019s plenty of doctors willing... don\u2019t force us to be part of it.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-14T12:20:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-11-14T19:36:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/pregnancy-pregnant-OB-doctor.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cassy Cooke\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cassy Cooke\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cassy Cooke\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392\"},\"headline\":\"Survey: Majority of doctors in Ireland refuse to commit abortions\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-14T12:20:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-11-14T19:36:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/\"},\"wordCount\":408,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Human Rights\",\"Newsbreak\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/\",\"name\":\"Survey: Majority of doctors in Ireland refuse to commit abortions\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-14T12:20:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-11-14T19:36:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"\\\"The referendum was about choice, what about our choice?\\\" said a GP in Ireland. \u201cThere\u2019s plenty of doctors willing... don\u2019t force us to be part of it.\u201d\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Survey: Majority of doctors in Ireland refuse to commit abortions\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, &amp; Pro-Life Issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Live Action\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":701,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"Live Action\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392\",\"name\":\"Cassy Cooke\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Cassy Cooke\"},\"description\":\"Cassy has over 20 years of experience as a writer and editor, most of which have been spent covering pro-life issues like abortion, disability rights, euthanasia, and more.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/cassy-fiano\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Survey: Majority of doctors in Ireland refuse to commit abortions","description":"\"The referendum was about choice, what about our choice?\" said a GP in Ireland. \u201cThere\u2019s plenty of doctors willing... don\u2019t force us to be part of it.\u201d","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Survey: Majority of doctors in Ireland refuse to commit abortions","og_description":"\"The referendum was about choice, what about our choice?\" said a GP in Ireland. \u201cThere\u2019s plenty of doctors willing... don\u2019t force us to be part of it.\u201d","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/","og_site_name":"Live Action News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","article_published_time":"2018-11-14T12:20:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-11-14T19:36:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":650,"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/pregnancy-pregnant-OB-doctor.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cassy Cooke","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@liveaction","twitter_site":"@liveaction","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cassy Cooke","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/"},"author":{"name":"Cassy Cooke","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392"},"headline":"Survey: Majority of doctors in Ireland refuse to commit abortions","datePublished":"2018-11-14T12:20:55+00:00","dateModified":"2018-11-14T19:36:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/"},"wordCount":408,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Human Rights","Newsbreak"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/","name":"Survey: Majority of doctors in Ireland refuse to commit abortions","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-11-14T12:20:55+00:00","dateModified":"2018-11-14T19:36:43+00:00","description":"\"The referendum was about choice, what about our choice?\" said a GP in Ireland. \u201cThere\u2019s plenty of doctors willing... don\u2019t force us to be part of it.\u201d","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-doctors-ireland-unwilling-abortions\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Survey: Majority of doctors in Ireland refuse to commit abortions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","name":"Live Action News","description":"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, &amp; Pro-Life Issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Live Action","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","width":701,"height":710,"caption":"Live Action"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392","name":"Cassy Cooke","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cassy Cooke"},"description":"Cassy has over 20 years of experience as a writer and editor, most of which have been spent covering pro-life issues like abortion, disability rights, euthanasia, and more.","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/cassy-fiano\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190922"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190922"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191124,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190922\/revisions\/191124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}