07/10/2010 Session
The Assembly today emphasized the need to affirm the right of conscientious objection in lawful medical care.
At the end of a debate on the subject during which the text presented by the Committee on Social Affairs was substantially amended, the adopted resolution states that "no person and no hospital or institution shall be coerced, held liable or discriminated against in any manner because of a refusal to perform, accommodate, assist or submit to an abortion […]".
The adopted text invites member states to develop comprehensive and clear regulations that define and regulate conscientious objection with regard to health and medical services.