Protection of Conscience
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Protection of Conscience Laws - Austria
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Article 97(2) Criminal Code |
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Article 97(3) Criminal Code ". . .none may be discriminated against on the basis of him or her carrying out an abortion or refusing to do so."* |
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6, Reproductive Medicine Act 1992 Fortpflanzungsmedizingesetz, BGB1. No. 275/1992, as amended) |
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". . .no physician, nurse or paramedic is under a duty to perform or assist in a medically assisted fertilization and he or she must not be discriminated against for carrying out such fertilization or for refusing to take part in it."* |
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| *Precis in English from EU Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights, Opinion No. 4-2005: The Right to Conscientious Objection and the Conclusion by EU Member States of Concordats with the Holy See (14 December, 2005), p. 9 |
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