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(Right to Life UK<\/a>) — Thousands of people have attended a March for Life in Croatia\u2019s capital, Zagreb, as pressure mounts on doctors to perform abortions against their conscience.<\/p>\n

The March for Life on Saturday [March 14] was held amidst controversy over a woman seeking an abortion because her child is disabled.<\/p>\n

The majority of Croatia\u2019s gynaecologists refuse to perform abortions on conscience grounds.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0Euronews<\/a>, pro-abortion groups in the country are attempting to force doctors to perform abortions against their will. This was the particular focus of the March for Life in addition to the general pro-life sentiment.<\/p>\n

One doctor at Saturday\u2019s \u201cWalk For Life\u201d rally in the capital, Zagreb, said he refused to perform abortions as a matter of conscience.<\/p>\n

According to the\u00a0BBC<\/a>, \u201c[s]urveys suggest that more than half of Croatia\u2019s gynaecologists have a similar stance\u201d.<\/p>\n

During the march, signs with slogans such as \u201cUnborn children, Croatia\u2019s most endangered minority\u201d and \u201cUnborn lives count too\u201d could be seen among pro-lifers.<\/p>\n

The right to conscientious objection<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the UK, as part of the Abortion Act 1967, medical professionals have the right to refuse to perform an abortion. There is controversy about how far this right extends though.<\/p>\n

In a\u00a0landmark case<\/a>, two midwives took their employer to Court after a dispute arose about the extension of the midwives\u2019 conscientious objection to abortion to participating in the managerial tasks associated with abortion.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Croatia \u2018only nation in the world\u2019 to issue coin featuring preborn child<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In her judgement, Lady Justice Hale asserted that \u201cto participate in\u201d, as stipulated in the Abortion Act (1967), had both a narrow and a broad interpretation. She argued that the narrow interpretation was more consistent with the intention of the authors of the Act and that this should be the manner in which it is understood. It was ruled that the managerial and administrative tasks required of a Labour Ward coordinator were not covered by the conscientious objection clause.<\/p>\n

Right To Life UK spokesperson, Catherine Robinson, said: \u201cIt is a grave corruption of medicine that any doctor is performing an abortion in the first place. The purpose of medicine is to heal the patient and\/or palliate their symptoms as far as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbortion is not medicine and no doctor should be penalised for refusing to perform one\u201d.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published at Right to Life UK<\/a> and is reprinted here with permission.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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