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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Doctors and nurses can invoke the conscience clause when dealing with termination of pregnancy.
So they may not acctually be keen to do a referral themselves but should be able to refer the patient to someone else, so that the woman can access treatment.
Family planning clinics will refer and you can visit another GP(other than your own) and ask for emergency treatment.
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Sounds a little involved and twentieth century-ish ... much easier to pick up the phone and call the local women's clinic, or go to a free-standing clinic.