{"id":197251,"date":"2019-02-27T12:47:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T18:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=197251"},"modified":"2019-02-25T22:48:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T04:48:16","slug":"ireland-medical-council-killing-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ireland-medical-council-killing-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland Medical Council considers guidelines to allow legal killing by abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After Ireland\u2019s tragic reversal of its pro-life legacy, culminating in last year’s undoing of the Eighth amendment in May and subsequent passing of the Regulation of the Termination of Pregnancy Bill in December<\/a>, the Medical Council of Ireland, one of the main regulatory bodies for medical professionals, is seeking to make room in its ethical guidelines to allow doctors to kill — as long as it\u2019s legal.<\/p>\n

The Medical Council of Ireland regularly issues guidelines that help doctors navigate ethical situations that may arise in the course of practice; for example: how to treat a patient who cannot give consent, how to protect the safety and welfare of children, and how to approach end-of-life care. But since abortion is now legal in the country, the updated guidelines must reflect the new pro-abortion law of the land<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Currently, one section of the ethics guidelines<\/a> reads, “You must not take part in the deliberate killing of a patient.” The proposed change would have that changed to prohibit only the unlawful<\/em>, rather than deliberate, killing of a patient.<\/p>\n

The Life Institute’s spokeswoman Niamh U\u00ed Bhriain stated<\/a>: “It’s very clear that they understand killing is involved, but they want to reflect that some killing – that of innocent, tiny babies – is to be permitted. It’s appalling, but it does reveal the reality of this cruel abortion legislation, and what the government is trying to force doctors to do.”<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Centers for Disease Control report reveals more deaths from legal abortion than we thought<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Moral theologian Fr. John McKeever, Roman\u00a0Catholic priest of the Diocese of Armagh, spoke to Live Action News about the potential new guidelines: \u201cThe proposed changes have been made solely with the view of making the provision of abortion ‘normal’ work for doctors […] Traditionally, the unborn child has been regarded by Irish doctors as a patient, and the old 8th amendment […] explicitly placed the right to life of both mother and baby on an equal level […] The guidelines are also being reworded so that the doctor’s ethical duty to do no harm to a patient no longer applies to the unborn.\u201d<\/p>\n

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@MedCouncilIRL<\/a> is carrying out a survey at https:\/\/t.co\/zGuaD5J04N<\/a>. The proposal to equate the term “ethical” with “legal” would rob the guidelines of any moral force. Will healthcare professionals stand by as this change is made? pic.twitter.com\/UvQBBhCDnR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Medico-Legal Alliance (@MLAIreland) February 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n