UK Doctors Refusing to Commit Abortion Alarm Royal College

LifeSiteNews ^ | 4/16/07 | Hilary White

[wagglebee]

LONDON, April 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - More and more doctors in Britain are refusing to commit abortions, according to a recent release by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). In "unprecedented numbers," British doctors are opting out, a development that threatens to undermine the British abortion industry which now stands at about 190,000 babies a year with four fifths of the deaths paid for by National Health.

The RCOG cites "distaste" and ethical and religious convictions for the increase in "conscientious objectors" requesting exemption. A statement from the RCOG says the organization "believes that proper education and use of contraceptives are essential to prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections."

Since the institution of widespread "sex education" programs in schools and the free availability of contraceptives, Britain's rate of pregnancy among teenagers has skyrocketed to become the highest in Europe.

Responding to an article in the Independent, the RCOG called abortion an "essential part of women's healthcare services." Recent statistics show Britain's abortion levels at an all time high and one in three women in Britain will have an abortion during her lifetime.

Kate Guthrie, an abortionist and spokesperson on family planning for the RCOG told the Independent, "There is an increasing number of young doctors who are not participating in the training. The college and the Department of Health are really worried."

Richard Warren, honorary secretary of the RCOG and a consultant obstetrician in Norfolk, said, "In the past, abortion was an accepted part of the workload. People did not like it but they accepted that it was in the best interests of the woman concerned."

He added, "There is an ethos that people go into medicine to save lives and look after people. Usually, a decision for termination is taken reluctantly even though it is recognised that it is in the best interests of the woman. It is difficult and upsetting work and it is done with obvious reticence. We are seeing more doctors who are reluctant to be involved in the process and this is happening in the context of growing demand."

This is good news to the pro-life leadership of Britain who said, "We are pleased to hear that an increasing number of medical staff are refusing to perform abortions, but this situation is being talked up by those who want nurses or other non-doctors to perform abortion."

John Smeaton, head of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children pointed to a recent examination by health experts of Britain's abortion law that showed it was legal for nurses and midwives to abort babies. "I do hope the profession is coming to realise the profound contradiction between its caring and life-preserving role, and the act of destruction of innocent human lives."

Smeaton added, "Maybe after the six and a half million children who have died since legalisation 40 years ago, and countless mothers hurt by their abortion experience, we are finally seeing abortion for the social horror that it is."

Since the 1990s, the Faculty of Family Planning and the RCOG has included a conscientious objection clause for health staff who refuse abortion on religious or moral grounds. But Smeaton warns that doctors and nurses opting out still suffer "immense pressure to refer women and girls to colleagues who will perform terminations."
 
Read related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
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http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/mar/07032710.html

[wagglebee]

Smeaton added, "Maybe after the six and a half million children who have died since legalisation 40 years ago, and countless mothers hurt by their abortion experience, we are finally seeing abortion for the social horror that it is."

Thank God!

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The left can't stand the fact that some doctors won't commit infanticide.

[SevenofNine]

That so cool so these doctors are refusing do abortion hey Wagglebee I don’t know what medical code in the UK is but don’t be suprise if lawsuit come down on those doctors

[muawiyah]

Fascists are never happy until they have the innocent doing their murders for them.

[cowdog77]

Fascists are never happy until they have the innocent doing their murders for them.
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Indeed....so true. At least the UK physicians are realizing it IS murder.

[MarineBrat]

Kate Guthrie, an abortionist and spokesperson on family planning for the RCOG told the Independent, "There is an increasing number of young doctors who are not participating in the training. The college and the Department of Health are really worried."

Personally, I find it to be good news that fewer people want to kill babies.

[wagglebee]

It is wonderful news! Though if the left had their way, physicians would be required to commit infanticide.

[metmom]

What nerve. Can you imagine a doctor that refuses to murder someone instead of healing them? Really....

[sweetiepiezer]

Pro life bump.

[Codeflier]

This is because there as been a dramatic rise in the percentage of muslim doctors over the past two decades in the UK. Muslim doctors are not supposed to perform abortions.

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Since the institution of widespread "sex education" programs in schools and the free availability of contraceptives, Britain's rate of pregnancy among teenagers has skyrocketed to become the highest in Europe.

Talk about the Law of Unintended Consequenses, here's a prime example.

[britemp]

‘This is because there as been a dramatic rise in the percentage of muslim doctors over the past two decades in the UK. Muslim doctors are not supposed to perform abortions.’

Here’s why Muslims are against abortion, though sadly they seem a little selective in how they apply these principles:

http://www.spuc.org.uk/about/muslim-division/why

[wagglebee]

I don’t think there is anything unintended about the left’s agenda to sexualize children.

[madprof98]

Since the institution of widespread "sex education" programs in schools and the free availability of contraceptives, Britain's rate of pregnancy among teenagers has skyrocketed to become the highest in Europe.

So their solution to this problem is more sex education on how to use contraceptives. Good Lord!

[wagglebee]

Promoting abstinence will NEVER occur to the left.

[Pinkbell]

I heard abstinence had excellent results in Uganda in reducing teen pregnancy and disease.

[boop]

"What nerve. Can you imagine a doctor that refuses to murder someone instead of healing them? Really..."

Get ready for England to now enact MANDATORY training in abortion. Just like Washington state where the democrats just passed MANDATORY dispensing of Plan B by pharmacists. It's going to happen, it's just a matter of time. These people have never been pro-choice. They have always been and always will be pro-abortion.

[hedgetrimmer]

Thank God!

That was my thought exactly!

[metmom]

They’re only pro-choice as long as your choice agrees with theirs.