Table 2. On what grounds should health professionals be permitted to withdraw from provision of abortion services?
Tolerance | Individual judgement | Employment issues | Intolerance | Law | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anything | Religious, moral beliefs | Gestation | Number of previous abortions | Gender selection | Rape / abuse /serious fetal abnormality | Availability of alternative provider | Staffing issues, employability | Patients’ rights vs health professionals’ | Nothing, part of job | Danger to life |