{"id":4251,"date":"2023-10-13T21:28:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T21:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abortomexico.gire.org.mx\/?post_type=preguntas-mitos&p=4251"},"modified":"2026-10-16T02:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T02:57:17","slug":"health-care-personnel-can-invoke-conscientious-objection-to-prevent-women-and-other-pregnant-people-from-having-an-abortion-false","status":"publish","type":"preguntas-mitos","link":"https:\/\/abortomexico.gire.org.mx\/en\/preguntas-mitos\/health-care-personnel-can-invoke-conscientious-objection-to-prevent-women-and-other-pregnant-people-from-having-an-abortion-false\/","title":{"rendered":"Health care personnel can invoke conscientious objection to prevent women and other pregnant people from having an abortion: FALSE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conscientious objection must not, under any circumstances, restrict or violate the human rights of others; therefore, health care personnel cannot invoke it to evade their obligations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Action of Unconstitutionality 54\/2018, the SCJN held that conscientious objection is not an absolute right and therefore cannot be invoked in all cases or in any form. For its regulation and exercise to be valid, it must comply with certain limits, including that it be individual in nature; that it involve a genuine conflict of conscience within a constitutional and democratic framework; and that it respect the human rights of others. In this way, the rights of women and other people with the capacity to gestate\u2014recognized in the Constitution and in the country\u2019s health laws\u2014are protected, and the state\u2019s obligation to guarantee them in a timely, high-quality, and non-discriminatory manner is reaffirmed. To this end:<\/p>\n