Saturday, October 13, 2018

Norway's Supreme Court Upholds Doctor's Conscience Rights

According to Irish Legal News, in a decision published last Thursday, Norway's Supreme Court held that the European Convention on Human Rights requires health authorities to respect a doctor's conscientious objection to performing certain medical procedures.  Dr. Katarzyna Jachimowicz had been fired from her position in a medical clinic after she refused an order to insert an IUD in a patient. She claims that the IUD may act as an abortifacient, and her Christian faith opposes abortion.