Hospitals have no right to opt out of abortion law, priest told

The Department of Health was responding to a statement by Fr Kevin Doran, a member of the board of the Dublin hospital, that abortion would be in conflict with its Catholic ethos.

Fr Doran intends to raise his objections at the next scheduled meeting of the board of the Mater, which is expected to take place in early September.

But a Department of Health official said that the Protection of Lifeduring Pregnancy Act made clear that an institution could not take a conscientious objection to carrying out a lawful termination of pregnancy. (Independent) >