Medics should not report suspected illegal abortions to police, say doctors
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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.

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.

  • noodlejetski@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    if “a provider determines that there is a serious and imminent threat of a patient physically harming self or others”

    yeah, pretty much the same, I’m just not that eloquent in English :P

    there’s a similar clause with some infectious diseases if I remember correctly, and I’m honestly not sure how’s the suspected child abuse handled, but probably the same.