TWO doctors have offered their support to two Catholic mid-wives who have launched a legal bid against Scotland's biggest health board to avoid overseeing abortions.
Dr Donogh Maguire and Dr Alison Crawford claim there is a "strong argument" for clinicians to be able to conscientiously object to supervising staff involved in the procedure.
Mary Doogan, 57, and Concepta Wood, 51, midwifery sisters at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow, have taken NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to the Court of Session in Edinburgh over the issue.
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