Judgment, 13 February 1987.
The Court held that a city council has no right to make the willingness to perform legal abortions a condition of employment for the post of Chief Physician in a public hospital. It ruled that such a condition binds a physician's freedom of choice, which is guaranteed under abortion laws, which do not obligate a physician to perform abortions unless there is an immediate threat of death or serious injury to a pregnant woman.
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