Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018
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Conscientious objection | ||
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22. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), nothing in this Act shall be construed as obliging any medical practitioner, nurse or midwife to carry out, or to participate in carrying out, a termination of pregnancy in accordance with section 9 , 11 or 12 to which he or she has a conscientious objection. | ||
(2) Subsection (1) shall not be construed to affect any duty to participate in a termination of pregnancy in accordance with section 10 . | ||
(3) A person who has a conscientious objection referred to in subsection (1) shall, as soon as may be, make such arrangements for the transfer of care of the pregnant woman concerned as may be necessary to enable the woman to avail of the termination of pregnancy concerned. | ||
(4) In this section— | ||
“Act of 2011” means the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 ; | ||
“midwife” means a person whose name is for the time being registered in the midwives division of the register of nurses and midwives, or the midwife candidate division of the candidate register, established under section 46 of the Act of 2011; | ||
“nurse” means a person whose name is for the time being registered in the nurses division of the register of nurses and midwives, or a division (other than the midwife candidate division) of the candidate register, established under section 46 of the Act of 2011. |