Wednesday, 26 January 2011


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A Christian mental health worker has been restored to work, following her suspension for expressing her private views on abortion. Please help us to keep the doors of the Christian Legal Centre open.

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Victory as Christian health worker restored to work and offered a better job after intervention by the Christian Legal Centre

Victory for Margaret Forrester, a Christian mental health worker who was told today that she would be restored to work and even offered a better job, following her suspension for expressing her private views on abortion to colleagues.

Margaret Forrester was suspended by her NHS employers after she mentioned privately to colleagues her concerns about the information women were given prior to having an abortion. She shared with colleagues, not members of the public, a booklet containing stories of women who have struggled with post-abortion syndrome in order that they might have the full picture when advising women discussing their unexpected pregnancy.

Soon afterwards, Ms Forrester was suspended from work for 'distributing materials some people may find offensive'. Today, after the intervention of the Christian Legal Centre, she has been offered, and accepted, an even better position at another location.

Margaret Forrester said: "I am pleased to have been offered an even better job after the intervention of the Christian Legal Centre. It was incredible that I was suspended in the first place, just because I expressed a personal opinion. I should be able to express my opinion privately without fear and act freely in good conscience. Today is a victory for freedom of speech. I want to thank all of those who have prayed for me and supported me during this time, especially Standing Counsel Paul Diamond and all of those at the Christian Legal Centre who have stood by me and helped to secure this result.”

Andrea Minichiello Williams, CEO of the CLC, said:

"We are thrilled that we were able to stop the injustice that was being perpetrated against Margaret Forrester. We are pleased that she can continue to work with vulnerable people and we wish her well in her new role."

You can read the full story here. You can buy a copy of ‘Forsaken’ here.

In another piece of good news, a Christian nurse who was prevented from wearing her cross at work has, with the help of the Christian Legal Centre, been allowed to return to work without having to remove her cross.

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