The decision highlights the increasing concern many have that anti-discrimination laws and same-sex marriage run roughshod over the rights of conscience and religious liberty.
This latest case may fuel further calls for a change in the law so it is worth reminding ourselves why the law is as it is and why it does not need changing.
"Knowing that I killed my own precious baby, who had a beating heart, has traumatized and devastated me beyond description," said one post-abortive mother.