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submitted 8 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists will remind healthcare workers of their duty to maintain patient confidentiality in new guidance, which is yet to be published.

Medics should not report suspected cases of illegal abortion to the police, leading women's doctors are set to say.

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is expected to publish new guidance that it is "never" in the public interest to share information about suspected illegal abortions.

It comes after high-profile prosecutions, including that of Bethany Cox, who was accused of using poison for an at-home abortion in 2020.

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[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Seems sensible enough. Medical staff is not law enforcement. If the powers-that-be want a shitty law enforced they should have to be the ones to enforce it. By making it a rule that there is a duty to NOT report medical staff can always refer to that rule if they are getting pressured.

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