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The general coordinator of the National Association for the Defense of the Right to Conscientious Objection, attorney José Antonio Díez, decried the “brutal discrimination” suffered by doctors who oppose the practice of abortion.
Díez made the statement to ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, following a ruling by the Constitutional Court (TC) of Spain declaring that the “right to abortion” is violated when a hospital administration refers a woman who wants to have an abortion to a private establishment if the doctors at the public health facility did not object to performing abortions in writing and in advance.
The case dates back to 2014, when a 35-year-old woman who was six months pregnant was informed that her daughter had a chance of suffering from a rare brain disorder called agenesis of the corpus callosum. This congenital condition can mean that there is no possibility of connection between the cerebral hemispheres.
The Murcian Health Service referred the pregnant woman to a private abortion center in Madrid, alleging that there were no doctors willing to provide an abortion in the region’s public health system. In the Spanish political system, the Region of Murcia is an autonomous community, roughly similar to a U.S. state.
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Díez made the statement to ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, following a ruling by the Constitutional Court (TC) of Spain declaring that the “right to abortion” is violated when a hospital administration refers a woman who wants to have an abortion to a private establishment if the doctors at the public health facility did not object to performing abortions in writing and in advance.
The case dates back to 2014, when a 35-year-old woman who was six months pregnant was informed that her daughter had a chance of suffering from a rare brain disorder called agenesis of the corpus callosum. This congenital condition can mean that there is no possibility of connection between the cerebral hemispheres.
The Murcian Health Service referred the pregnant woman to a private abortion center in Madrid, alleging that there were no doctors willing to provide an abortion in the region’s public health system. In the Spanish political system, the Region of Murcia is an autonomous community, roughly similar to a U.S. state.
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Expert decries “brutal discrimination” against medical conscientious objectors to abortion
Attorney José Antonio Díez disagrees with the ruling of the Constitutional Court (TC) of Spain justices and questions “their impartiality.”
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