23 Sept 2021
NEW ZEALAND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ALLIANCE INC v ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2021] NZHC 2510
- Citation
- (2021)12 HRNZ 629
- Court
- High Court
The Court held that ss 14 and 15 of the CSAA (as amended by the Abortion Legislation Act 2020) do not engage the absolute internal freedom of conscience (s13) and do not materially or significantly limit the protected manifestations relied on such that NZBORA rights are infringed; to the extent any NZBORA rights (notably freedom of expression and manifestation of religion) are engaged, the statutory requirements are rationally connected to the pressing objective of timely access to abortion services, are minimally impairing and proportionate and therefore demonstrably justified under s5; plai…