Dr. Simon Mills:

I am sorry. I thought the Senator had asked that of Mr. Kelly. It will always be the case that conscientious objection involves the balancing of the right of the person to access a medical option that is available to him or her with the right of an individual to refuse it. There should be nothing about the person’s exercise of conscientious objection that closes off the right of the individual to access that treatment. That will always be a difficult balancing act. I understand that there are those who have views about the way in which conscientious objection is framed under the abortion legislation but, because of the necessity to balance those two parts, there will always be that challenge.