I don't care if a doctor makes a seamless, fast, moralising-free referral to another doctor. The bottom line is that no-one, whether a doctor or "the system", should have the right to put even the tiniest obstacle in the way of a woman who wants an abortion, and that includes, crucially, a time delay of any kind. What I would object to is any doctor taking it upon himself to be obstructive or preachy. If a doctor fears for his personal safety, it's a matter for the police.

Fallacy, eh? You haven't heard the murmurs in some quarters about obese people potentially being refused treatment?