Abortion debate: the right to refuse referral
7th November 2013
By Paul Smith
The debate over Victorian state laws that demand conscientious objectors to abortion to refer patients seeking terminations continues. The laws detailed in section 8 of abortion reforms introduced in 2008 apply to all doctors working in the state.
The campaign group Doctors 4 Freedom of Conscience claims the laws - which are currently before parliament in Tasmania - say they breach the human rights of doctors not to take part in treatments they find morally objectionable. The