June 2013, Norway
Medical doctors in Norway must be willing to refer their patients to abortion clinics even if this is against their conscience. Read more ...
June 2013, Ireland
The Irish Cabinet has reached a consensus on the draft of the "Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013". The law prohibits objections on the basis of ones conscience: “no institution, organisation or third party shall refuse to provide a lawful termination of pregnancy to a woman on grounds of conscientious objection”. Apart from this clause, the law that will regulate abortion in Ireland is rather restrictive compared to the legislation concerning abortion of other European countries. Read more ...
May 2013, United Kingdom
The Equality Act 2010 prohibits discrimination on several grounds, including sexual orientation, in the area of the provision of goods and services. While there is a vital exemption to the general prohibition against discrimination for religious organizations when providing goods or services, this can only be relied upon in limited circumstances and is not wide enough to cover many situations. Read more ...
May 2013, Ireland
Without exception, businesses are required under the Equal Status Act to offer goods and services to anyone who asks for them and the business cannot ‘discriminate’ on the basis of sexual orientation, marital status, etc. While churches are not forced to perform same-sex ceremonies, they might face fines if they did not rent out halls for reception following a civil partnership ceremony.
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May 2013, United Kingdom
There have been a number of cases in the past few years that have followed a similar pattern—where a Christian has a conscientious objection in the workplace because he or she cannot endorse, condone or approve homosexual conduct, no exemption will be made.
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