title: Abortion and conscientious objection.
abstract: In this article I do not seek to discuss when, if ever, abortion is morally permissible. Rather I seek to analyse the precise legal status of the exemptions afforded under British law to those with a conscientious objection to abortion. I then argue that the legal status quo in Britain is not morally satisfactory, and that the law urgently needs to be changed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. djhill@liverpool.ac.uk
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005260:Female; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D028681:Moral Obligations; D011247:Pregnancy; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000941:ethics; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom