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December, 2005
EU to Catholic Doctors:
Thou Shalt Abort
The Brussels Journal - Belgium (24 December, 2005)
. . . why do those who consider universal legalised abortion to be a sign of
progress want to force those who regard abortion as a crime to be a part of
it? A European Union advisory panel has issued a statement saying that
medical professionals are not allowed to refuse to participate in abortions
. . .
EU Committee Says Doctors Should be Forced to Perform Abortion
Friday Fax, Volume 9, Number 1, December 23, 2005
A European Union advisory panel has issued a statement that threatens the
rights of medical professionals to refuse to participate in abortions and
other procedures that may violate their religious beliefs . . .
Conscience and the
dictatorship of relativism
Inside the Vatican, 21 December, 2005
An American professor of law and ethics writes an article in a prestigious
medical journal calling for laws restricting the rights of medical
professionals to follow their consciences, and testifies before a U.S.
Senate committee to the same effect. Is this an example of the “dictatorship
of relativism” warned about by Cardinal Ratzinger the day before he was
elected Pope Benedict XVI?
A Catholic
philosopher responds to Professor Charo... Should Pro-Life Doctors Violate
Their Consciences?
Inside the Vatican, 21 December, 2005
Peter Kreeft. . . examines Professor Alta Charo’s argument that the law
ought to require pro-life doctors to violate their conscience by mandating
their referring their abortion-seeking patients to abortion providers.
Pharmacists
fight for conscience rights
St. Louis Review On-line - USA (16 December, 2005)
It is foolish to attack a longstanding tradition among pharmacists that
allows them to invoke their rights to conscience, according to a pro-life
advocate and a national pharmacists’ group. . .
Romney says no hospitals are exempt from pill law: He reverses stand on Plan
B
Boston Globe - USA (9 December, 2005)
Governor Mitt Romney reversed course on the state's new emergency
contraception law yesterday, saying that all hospitals in the state will be
obligated to provide the morning-after pill to rape victims . . .
Mass.
Changes Hospital Contraception Rules
Associated Press - USA (8 December, 2005)
Gov. Mitt Romney abandoned plans Thursday to exempt Roman Catholic and other
private hospitals from a new law requiring them to dispense emergency
contraception to rape victims. . .
Healey raps loophole on Plan B pill: Backs wider access to contraceptive
Boston Globe - USA (8 December, 2005)
Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey said yesterday that all Massachusetts
hospitals should provide emergency contraception to rape victims, putting
herself at odds with the administration of Governor Mitt Romney as a new
''morning-after pill" law is poised to go into effect. . .
A Plan B mistake:
Globe Editorial
Boston Globe - USA (8 December, 2005)
THE LEGISLATURE took a major step to reduce the number of unintended
pregnancies and abortions in Massachusetts by passing a law allowing
pharmacies to dispense morning-after pills without prescriptions. The
bill, enacted over Governor Romney's veto, also required all hospital
emergency rooms to have this emergency contraception available for rape
victims . . .
Private hospitals exempt on pill law State accepts objections to
morning-after drug
Boston Globe - USA (7 December, 2005)
The state Department of Public Health has determined that Catholic
and other privately-run hospitals in Massachusetts can opt out of giving the
morning-after pill to rape victims because of religious or moral objections,
despite a new law that requires all hospitals who treat such victims to
provide them with emergency contraception. . .
Mass. to Exempt Some From Contraception Law
Yahoo News - USA (8 December, 2005)
The state's health commissioner plans to allow Roman Catholic and other
private hospitals to be exempt from a new law making the "morning-after"
pill available to rape victims, a decision likely to trigger a legal
challenge. . .
CNN -
Lou Dobbs Tonight
Aired December 1, 2005 - 18:00 ET
Tonight in Illinois, four pharmacists working at Walgreens have been put on
indefinite, unpaid leave for refusing to fill morning after contraceptive
prescriptions. . .
November, 2005
Target
Criticized for Giving Pharmacists a Choice: Retailer allows pharmacists to
opt out of dispensing emergency contraception.
Family News in Focus - USA (16 November, 2005)
Planned Parenthood is upset with Target. The retailer is letting its
pharmacists opt out of dispensing emergency contraception if they have moral
objections. Those who do must find someone else to fill the prescription.
Planned Parenthood did not return our calls for comment . . .
Planned
Parenthood Takes Aim at Target:
Pro-abortion group objects to pharmacists having a right of conscience.
Citizen Link- Focus on the Family - USA (15 November, 2005)
The Planned Parenthood Federation of American (PPFA) is encouraging its
constituents to complain to Target about a policy that allows pharmacists to
conscientiously opt out of dispensing controversial emergency contraception
and to refer customers elsewhere. . .
Conscience versus duty
James Carroll - Boston Globe - USA (14
November, 2005)
TIMOTHY M. KAINE was elected Democratic governor of Virginia last
week because, apparently, some Americans think a radical dichotomy between
private and public morality is a good thing. ''My faith teaches life is
sacred," Kaine, a Roman Catholic, told voters. ''That's why I personally
oppose the death penalty. But I take my oath of office seriously." One hears
the beat of silence. ''And I'll enforce the death penalty" . . .
Birth-control
battle at Target
Star Tribune - USA (11 November, 2005)
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America has accused Target Corp. of
putting the religious rights of its pharmacists ahead of the reproductive
rights of its customers . . .
Conscience clauses matter
Massachusetts wants to grant licenses only to adoption agencies that will
not discriminate in the adoption process against couples based on their
sexual orientation. The commonwealth is the only U.S. state that has
legalized same-sex marriage, and it apparently wants to ensure that same-sex
couples have equal access in adoption.
http://www.flcath.org/op-eds/2005/editorials2005/051111-conscienceclauses.htm
Nevada pharmacy
board delays conscience clause decision
Associated Press, The Advocate.com - USA (1 November, 2005)
The Nevada state pharmacy board late last week voted to extend to December 8
the debate over a proposed "conscience clause" that would outline
pharmacists' rights to refuse to dispense medicines on moral grounds. . .
October, 2005
Nevada board
considers allowing pharmacists to deny filling prescriptions
The Advocate - California, USA (28 October,
2005)
The Nevada Board of Pharmacy on Thursday began
hearings on a controversial proposal that would permit pharmacists in the
state to refuse to fill a prescription that violated their moral or
religious beliefs. . .
Values-Driven Healthcare: Freedom of Conscience for the
Consumer
Heritage Institute
WebMemo #894 - USA (25 October, 2005)
Americans are deeply concerned about health care. By nearly all accounts,
rising health care costs are contributing to their anxiety about health care
financing, while complex and impersonal administrative systems leave many
feeling personally disenfranchised when it comes to making key health care
decisions. . .
Blunt takes aim at morning-after pill prescriptions
Post-Dispatch - Springfield, Missouri, USA (26 October, 2005)
Gov. Matt Blunt promised Tuesday to press for a state law allowing
pharmacists to refuse to file prescriptions for the "morning-after
pill," known as Plan B, as part of his effort "to stand up for the
sanctity of life" . . .
Nevada board to consider pharmacist conscience rules
Los Vegas Sun - Nevada, USA (23 October, 2005)
A controversial proposal that would allow Nevada
pharmacists to deny a prescription because it violated their moral or
religious beliefs will be considered this week by state regulators. . .
State officials consider pharmacist conscience rules
Reno
Gazette-Journal - Nevada, USA (23 October,
2005)
A rule that would allow Nevada pharmacists to deny a
prescription because it violated their moral or religious
beliefs is under consideration by state regulators, opening
up a wrenching debate that pits pharmacists against
patients. . .
Governor Vetoes 'Conscience Clause' Legislation
feminist wire | daily newsbriefs - Wisconsin (21 October, 2005)
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle (D) stood up for patients' rights by vetoing a
bill last week that aimed to expand so-called 'conscience clause'
protections for health care workers. . .
Governor Doyle’s veto right decision
The Badger Herald - Wisconsin (21 October, 2005)
Firefighters who refuse to fight fires, police offers
who refuse to make arrests and doctors who refuse to administer treatment —
imagine how those decisions would disturb a functioning society. . .
Bill focused on abortion debate, not on best interest of patients
The Spectator [Editorial: Right to Refuse] - Wisconsin (20 October, 2005)
On Friday, Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed a bill passed by the state legislature that
would have allowed health care workers to deny services to patients based on
moral or ethical beliefs. . .
Doyle vetoes
‘Conscience Protection Act’
UW Badger Herald - Wisconsin, USA (17 October, 2005)
In a controversial move Friday, Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed
a bill known as the “Conscience Protection Act,”
squelching Republican efforts allowing health care
workers to deny patients medical procedures due to moral
or ethical views. . .
Opinion split over doctor
The Press - New Zealand (17 October, 2005)
Public opinion is split over Nelson GP Dr Joseph Hassan's decision
not to prescribe contraceptives for his patients.
Hassan wrote to 50 of his female patients two weeks ago saying his
Catholic faith had led him to a point where he could no longer prescribe
any active form of birth control or refer patients for sterilisation . .
.
Catholic GP balks at contraception
Stuff: Central North Island - New Zealand ( 15 October, 2005)
A Catholic doctor has told his patients he will no longer prescribe
contraceptives because of his faith.
The Catholic Church is backing Nelson GP Dr Joseph Hassan and believes
other doctors may follow suit . . .
Catholic GP's stance 'could lift rate of teen
pregnancy'
New Zealand Herald - Nelson, NZ (17 October, 2005)
A women's health lobbyist fears that Catholic doctors' refusal to
prescribe contraceptive pills risks pushing the nation's already high
teenage pregnancy rate even higher. . .
Doyle again vetoes 'conscience clause'
The Capital Times - Wisconsin, USA (15
October, 2005)
Wisconsin 'conscience clause' vetoed
| Science Daily -
Wisconsin (14 October, 2005) |
Wisconsin Gov. Jim
Doyle vetoed a bill Friday that would have allowed medical professionals
to deny patient care based on their own ideology or faith. . .
The costs of conscience clauses
National Catholic Reporter, USA (7 October, 2005)
Next in line to purchase the latest Harry Potter tale,
you are informed by the cashier that the stories of J.K. Rowling are
replete with black magic, wizards and warlocks, a masterpiece of Satanic
deception designed to lure children into the occult. As selling these
books runs contrary to her moral convictions, you leave the store
empty-handed. . .
September,
2005
'Conscience clause' bill on way to state Senate
Waukesha Freeman - Milwaukee,WI, USA
(23 September, 2005)
OCONOMOWOC - Mark Zwaska, president of Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, said
he personally supports The Pharmacist's Conscience Clause, now on its
way to the . . .
The Role of Your Conscience
Knoxville Journal Express -
Knoxville,IA,USA (23 September, 2005)
"I do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before
God and before men.". ... We have all heard the saying, "let your
conscience be your guide.".
Balancing Pharmacists' Conscientious Objections With Their Duty
to Serve
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2005;45(4):434-436 (Medscape: Posted 13 September, 2005)
The current controversy surrounding conscientious refusals by pharmacists to
fill contraceptive prescriptions brings up a number of issues that may
affect all citizens, even if not directly. .
NUJ
seeks 'conscience clause' for journalists
Freelance UK - London,UK
The President of the NUJ has called on trade unions to support a new ‘conscience
clause' that would protect journalists from the wrath of editors should . .
.
August. 2005
Conscience
situation OK--for now
Catholic Sentinel - Portland,OR,USA (2 September, 2005)
When it comes to pharmacists exercising conscience in dispensing morally
controversial prescriptions, Oregon is mum. That may be ...
Abortion Advocates Fight Against Choice
Blogcritics.org - USA (BLOG posting) (26 August, 2005)
... Any provider who refuses on the basis of conscience to provide
any abortion-related services will likely face a revocation of their
licenses. ...
Attorney: 'Height of Idiocy' for Court to Declare Atheism a Religion
American Family On-line (23 August, 2005)
Panel OKs gov's rule ordering dispensing of contraceptives
Sun Times,
Illinois, USA (17 August, 2005)
Pharmacist refuses MAP in Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island, USA (11 August, 2005)
How a minority in the BMA got their way on euthanasia
Bioedge (9, August 2005)
Eminent doctors used Stalinist tactics to engineer a change in the British
Medical Association’s policy on assisted dying.
Maternal wish, doctors' faith at odds in court
San Diego Tribune, USA (7 August, 2005)
Six years ago, Guadalupe Benitez had a
simple wish: She wanted to be a mom.
July, 2005
Conscience clauses vs. duties
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... Noesen has become a household name among those debating ''conscience
clauses'' -- that is, whether professionals can refuse to perform certain
services because ...
Fashion conscience
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA (30 July,
2005)
... "Part of it is definitely people becoming more aware and
purchasing products that are based on their conscience," said
Chehrezad. ...
Understand opposition to conscience bill
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA (20
July, 2005)
... I was greatly disturbed to read Rick Esenberg's column on July 16
regarding the Legislature's consideration of the Conscience Protection Act
and the American ...
To obey orders, or not
Jerusalem Post (20 July, 2005)
During the 1960s, at the height of the American army draft, I was a young
rabbi who urged soldiers not to participate in the war in Vietnam . . .
Their choice vs. that other choice
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (15 July, 2005)
George Orwell wrote, "If thought corrupts language, language can also
corrupt thought." . . .
Personal beliefs affecting some prescriptions
Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA (13 July,
2005)
... birth control or morning-after pills (called Plan B) and having
the pharmacist refuse to dispense the medication, saying it would violate
his or her conscience ...
To the Editor:
Northwest Herald - Crystal Lake,IL,USA (12 July, 2005)
... Even though Illinois has the Health Care Right of Conscience
Act, Gov. ... Legislating out conscience clauses will
invariably cause more moral horrors. ...
Remarks of Governor Jim Doyle as Prepared for Delivery
WisPolitics.com - Madison,WI,USA (11 July, 2005)
In preparing to come here, I started thinking about the theme of this
convention, "Conscience of a Nation" …what our nation's conscience
is…where it ...
Living with the cost of conscience
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA (9 July,
2005)
Katie of Oberlin wrote that paying some taxes "creates a serious ethical
problem" for her. What's troubling is financially supporting ...
Silencing the Conscience of Medical Professionals, Part 2
The Fact Is - New York,NY,USA (6 July, 2005)
... on an article in the New England Journal of Medicine by
University of Wisconsin Law Professor R. Alta Charo and her objections to
conscience clauses protecting . ..
June, 2005
Lawsuit
Against Abortion Conscience Clause Can Continue, Judge ...
LifeNews.com - Helena,MT,USA (29 June, 2005)
... Thomasson said Lockyer should "cease and desist from forcing
doctors and nurses to horribly kill unborn children against their own
conscience.". ...
CMA
Doctors Counter AMA Position on Abortion and Conscience
Christian News Wire (press release) -
Washington,DC,USA (27 June, 2005)
... key issue here is not even the important question of the ethics
of birth control, but the fundamental freedom to follow the dictates of
one's conscience and of ...
'Conscience' legislation is bad medicine for Wisconsin
Janesville Gazette - Janesville,WI,USA (24 June, 2005)
The state Assembly has passed a bill that would let pharmacists and other
medical professionals refuse to supply medications or treatments on moral or.
. .
Silencing the Conscience of Medical Professionals
The Fact Is - New York,NY,USA (22 June, 2005)
What are the limits of conscience? Can there be any limits on
conscience? Professor R. Alta Charo, who teaches law and bioethics
...
German soldier refuses to develop software for Iraq
PC World Magazine - Australia (22 June, 2005)
The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig, Germany, ruled Wednesday in
favour of the soldier, ranking his freedom of conscience higher than
the command of a ...
Physicians and Pharmacists Square off in Battle over Conscience
Newsinferno.com - Great Neck,NY,USA (21 June, 2005)
... Pharmacists (and the American Pharmacists Association) call it
conscience-based refusal; the American Medical Association (AMA) sees it
as a wrongful denial of. . . Conscience Clauses or Dereliction of Duty?
Halifax Live - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
(21 June, 2005)
... your first encounter with a medical professional exercising a
conscientious objection or as the practice is more commonly referred, 'conscience
clause'.
American Medical Association Targets Catholic and Pro-Life
...
Lifesite - Canada (21 June, 2005)
... This is not contraception.". "A pharmacist by virtue of
properly understood conscience cannot be licitly compelled to
cooperate in such a fashion with what
Pharmacists: "Conscience Clause" bill would have little impact
Portage Daily Register -
Portage,WI,USA (16 june, 2005)
By Mark Boxley Daily Register. With 60
ayes to 33 nays, a state Assembly bill to eliminate discrimination ...
The Celestial Fire of Conscience -- Refusing to Deliver Medical
...
[Project
response]
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription) -
MA,USA (16 June, 2005)
Apparently heeding George Washington's call to "labor to keep alive in your
breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience,"
physicians, nurses . . .
Rep. Hundertmark: Conscience Protection Act Moves Forward
WisPolitics.com - Madison,WI,USA
(15 June, 2005)
Madison…The 2005 Conscience Protection Act, Assembly Bill (AB)
207, authored by Representative Jean Hundertmark, passed the Assembly by
a 60-33 vote on
Conscience Clause Bill Advances
WSAW - Wausau,WI,USA (15 June,
2005)
It may soon be easier for doctors to turn down medical procedures
because of their religion. The state assembly passed a bill that
Conscience Clause
WXOW - La Crosse,WI,USA (14 June,
2005)
The state Assembly has passed a bill that would allow health care
workers to refuse to do things such as participating in stem cell
research or withdrawing a
Conscience Clause
WMTV - Madison,WI,USA (14
June, 2005)
The so--called Conscience Clause is likely to be one step
closer to becoming law, despite the objections of Assembly
Democrats.
Conscience Protection or Patient Abandonment?
Wisconsin Radio Network -
Madison,WI,USA (14 June, 2005)
by Bob Hague. Assembly Democrats promise a full court press against
Republican conscience clause legislation. The bill's authors
...
Pro-life Nurse Charges University with Violation of Rights
Christian Post - San
Francisco,CA,USA (14 June, 2005)
... Board of Trustees and Health Services Director with
violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments, the Illinois
Health Care Right of Conscience Act, and . . .
Wisconsin Pro-Life
Conscience Clause Gets Committee Approval
LifeNews.com - Helena,MT,USA
(13 June, 2005)
Madison, WI (LifeNews.com) -- Wisconsin state Assembly committee
late last week approved a pro-life conscience clause that
would protect employees who do not ...
US pharmacist sues, refusing to sell contraceptive
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK (10 June,
2005)
... Bleek, who owns two pharmacies in northwestern Illinois,
filed suit on Wednesday in Whiteside County Court asserting that
Illinois' "conscience" law, which . . .
Conscience Clause Passes Assembly Committee
WMTV - Madison,WI,USA (9 June,
2005)
... While Cody got by on the good graces of his professors,
Assembly Republicans are supporting the Conscience Clause to
protect future students.
Pharmacy owner sues over morning-after pill rule
Quad-Cities Online - Rock
Island,IL,USA (9 June 2005)
... As a Christian, Mr. Vander Bleek said he felt he could not
fill the prescription in good conscience. The governor's
emergency rule went into effect in April.
Illinois Pharmacist Files Third Lawsuit Against Blagojevich on
...
LifeNews.com - Helena,MT,USA (8
June, 2005)
... Vander Bleek and the pro-life law firm assert that his rights
of conscience would be violated he if were forced to dispense the
sometimes-abortifacient morning ...
New contraceptive bill seeks to counter ‘conscience clause'
LaCrosse Tribune - LaCrosse,WI,USA
(7 June, 2005)
... The bill is the mirror opposite of a Republican bill known as
the "pharmacists' conscience clause," which would exempt
pharmacists from having to dispense a ...
Prescription for Conflict
ChristianityToday.com - USA (1 June, 2005)
... an average of one pharmacist per day has refused to fill a
prescription--usually for contraceptives or abortifacients--for reasons
of religion or conscience. ...
May, 2005
When convenience trumps conscience
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA (29 May, 2005)
... But we find ways to excuse dismembering embryos that need only
nine months to become babies. Convenience trumps conscience. Those
...
Constitution denies right to conscience
Sunday Tribune (subscription) - South
Africa (29 May, 2005)
... Our highly acclaimed constitution has opened a back door for the
worst discrimination of all - the denial of our right to live by our
conscience . . .
Pharmacists eye fate of 'conscience clause'
Kannapolis Independent Tribune -
Kannapolis,NC,USA (26 May, 2005)
By Barbara Jones. CONCORD - Area pharmacists are waiting to see if they will
be allowed to refuse to fill prescriptions for the morning-after pill. State
Rep. ...
EDITORIAL: Go-slow approach makes more sense
Beloit Daily News - Beloit,WI,USA (21
May. 2005)
... store. Supporters of legislation want pharmacists protected from
such discipline, when they act from considerations of conscience . . .
Senators Hear Arguments on "Pharmacists Conscience Clause" Bill
WBAY - Green Bay,WI,USA (18 May, 2005)
... the bill. Some are calling it the Prescription Denial Bill.
Others call it the Pharmacists Conscience Clause. Trudi Arnold,
president ...
Committee To Vote On 'Conscience Clause' For Pharmacists
Milwaukee Channel.com -
Milwaukee,WI,USA (18 May, 2005)
... moral beliefs. Lawmakers Tuesday heard from both sides in
Madison about the so-called "conscience clause" for pharmacists.
The hearing . . .
Wisconsin Bill Would Protect Pro-Life Pharmacists on Abortion
...
LifeNews.com - Helena,MT,USA
(18 May, 2005)
... and chairman of the Senate subcommittee on Labor and
Election Process Reform, said his legislation was needed to protects
pharmacists' rights of conscience.
Abuse of power has reached drugstore
Posted on Tue, May. 17, 2005 By Merlene Davis HERALD-LEADER COLUMNIST
(Lexington Herald Leader)
Americans Say Pharmacists Should be Required to Fill ''Morning ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
(16 May, 2005)
... 70%) and Protestants (68%) side with the right of patients to
receive legal drugs over pharmacists' right to refuse dispensing them for
reasons of conscience. ...
Birth control debate sometimes plays out at pharmacy counter
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA (15 May, 2005)
... all prescriptions. Others, including Indiana, have pondered
"conscience clauses" that would allow pharmacists to opt out. While
...
Legislatures Grapple with 'Conscience Laws'
NPR (audio) - Washington,D.C.,USA (14 May, 2005)
Description: State legislatures and Congress are considering various
"conscience laws." They would give health professionals the right to refuse
to provide ...
Faith at
Work
New York Sun (subscription) - New York,NY,USA (12 May,
2005)
BY NATHAN J. DIAMENT. It's not just pharmacists who may confront issues of
conscience in the workplace. Although recent media reports ...
Freedom of conscience, choice intertwined
Aberdeen American News - Aberdeen,SD,USA (11 May,
2005)
... he was ordered to take a six-hour course in pharmacy ethics, a
Draconian penalty which may yet make him the Rosa Parks of the freedom of
conscience movement. ...
Missouri Pharmacists Bypassing Conscience Debate by Not Stocking ...
Lifesite - Canada (11 May, 2005)
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) -- Most Missouri
pharmacists are bypassing the conscience debate by simply not stocking the
controversial ...
Right to treatment trumps health provider's 'conscience'
Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago,IL,USA (7 May,
2005)
... There is an Illinois statute known as the ''conscience
clause'' that permits health care professionals to opt out of any procedure
to which they have a moral ...
The Pharmacists Freedom of Conscience bill
Fayette County Review -
Somerville,TN,USA (6 May, 2005)
... Senate. called the Pharmacists' Freedom of Conscience Act.
The ... principles. There is nothing new about this conscience
clause. In ...
Cardinal urges gov to 'rethink' contraceptive order
Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago,IL,USA (5 May, 2005)
... "I don't think the state has any business encroaching on the
conscience of people. We haven't done this in this country, we've
respected ...
April, 2005
State Lawmakers Debate Emergency Contraception
WFMY News 2 - Greensboro,NC,USA (30 April,
2005)
... getting the morning after pill. A Cabarrus County lawmaker
introduced the Conscience Protection Bill last week. The bill
would give ...
Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide
fairfieldweekly.com -
Norwalk,CT,USA (28 April, 2005)
Pharmacists for Life, an organization of more than 1,600 pharmacists,
lobbies for "conscience clauses," which allow pharmacists who are
morally opposed to ...
Poll: New hires would act against own conscience
Daily Yomiuri - Tokyo,Japan (28
April, 2005)
... than 40 percent of new hires who started work this month
would do whatever the company told them to--even if it went against
their conscience--according to a ...
Prescription denial not an option
Northern Star Online - USA (27 April, 2005)
... Courts have never decided whether pharmacists are covered by
the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act, which allows
medical professionals to opt out of ...
Pill Bill Opens Hot Debate
WTVD - Durham-Raleigh,NC,USA (26 April,
2005)
... Hilton is co-sponsoring a bill called "conscience
protection" or the "conscience clause." It would protect
pharmacists from being fired or fined if they refuse ...
Too Much Christ
Ari Berman (25 April, 2005)
We hoped to never write these words:
John Kerry and
Hillary Clinton are cosponsoring a bill with Rick "Man on Dog"
Santorum. Its name is deceptively harmless--The Workplace Religious
Freedom Act. . . .
Morning-after pill debate pressures pharmacists
Lexington Herald Leader - Lexington, KY, USA (24
April, 2005)
... stock the pill. "It's an infringement on a business decision
and also on the pharmacist's right of conscience.".
Debate Grows over NC Pharmacists' Stance on Morning-After Pill
WTVD - Durham-Raleigh, NC, USA (24 April, 2005)
... The "conscience clause" measure filed this week would let
pharmacists refuse to fill prescriptions for the so-called "morning
after" pill, based on moral or ...
Druggists' duty
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville, KY, USA
(23 April, 2005)
As if there aren't enough health care issues to argue about, here comes
another: "conscience clauses" for pharmacists.
Prescription politics hard to swallow
Baltimore Sun - USA (22 April, 2005)
WASHINGTON - I respect the feelings of pharmacists who, as a matter of
conscience, refuse to sell the new "morning-after" emergency
contraception pill. ...
A Conflict of Conscience--The Culture War Hits
the Pharmacy
Christian Post - San Francisco, CA, USA (21 April,
2005)
... Illinois, like most states, offers protections for
health-care providers which allow a "right of conscience" for physicians
and other medical professionals to ...
On conscience and pharmacies
Quad Cities On-line (21 April, 2005)
You go and see your doc, who decides you need
this or that med, writes you a prescription and
sends you off to the drug store . . .
Absolving pharmacist's conscience
Arizona Republic - Phoenix, AZ, USA (15 April,
2005)
Janet Napolitano has vetoed the "conscience bill" that would have
allowed pharmacists to refuse to fill abortion and
emergency-contraception prescriptions ...
Berger: Conscience clause undermines patients,
doctors
Web Devil - USA (15 April, 2005)
... This may seem like an impossible scenario, but with the rise
of pharmacist conscience clauses it could be more likely than we think.
...
'Conscience clause' veto lauded by ASU
pharmacist
Web Devil - USA (15 April, 2005)
An ASU pharmacist said he supports Gov. Janet Napolitano's decision to
veto a "conscience clause" bill that could have affected
pharmacies across the state. ...
Liberals Target Conscience Exemptions
Family News In Focus - Colorado Springs, CO, USA
(15 April, 1005)
... Congressional Democrats are introducing legislation to take
away a pharmacist's right of conscience to refuse filling prescriptions
for abortion-causing birth ...
'Conscience clause' hurts women
Yuma Sun - Yuma, AZ, USA (14 April, 2005)
... doctors. Other states have instead moved to shield the
pharmacists by adopting or proposing so-called "conscience clauses.".
Arizona ...
'Conscience' bill vetoed
Arizona Republic - Phoenix, AZ, USA (14 April,
2005)
... "For these providers, including Catholic hospitals, 'rights
of conscience' are particularly important when they involve the taking
of an innocent human life ...
Without Conscience
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription) -
MA, USA (14 April, 2005)
... What gagged their conscience? ... Like the fanatical
German theorists, Nazi doctors did their work without any crisis of
conscience. ...
Napolitano vetoes pharmacists' 'conscience'
bill
Phoenix Business Journal - Phoenix, AZ, USA (11
April, 2005)
... The conscience issue has drawn national and international
attention as several states consider proposals similar to the one put
forward in Arizona.
Susan Lenfestey: Pushing Commandments at expense of Amendments
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) -
MN,USA (13 April, 2005)
... Wade made abortion legal in 1973, 47 states have passed
so-called conscience clauses that allow health care professionals to
opt out of performing abortions or ...
ACLJ Files Lawsuit against Illinois Governor Charging Order ...
Business Wire (press release) - San
Francisco,CA,USA (13 April, 2005)
... emergency amendment to the state code requiring
pharmacists to dispense medication even if filling the prescriptions
violate their conscience and religious ...
Pharmaceutical conscience
Letters: Houston
Chronicle (11 April, 2005)
Is morality just for women? / Ought to mind own business / Wrong when one view trumps
Dispensing Morality
Ellen Goodman, Washington Post (9 April,
2005)
To begin with, I don't
believe that anyone should be compelled to
do work he or she regards as unethical.
History is full of heroes who rebelliously
followed their consciences. It's also full
of people who shamefully followed orders.
Everyone Should Have A Conscience Clause [Pharmacists And
Religion ...
Nicholas Olson.Useless-Knowledge.com -
USA (9 April, 2005)
I work at a restaurant. My job is to serve
you food. You, my client, is morbidly obese. Seeing this, I
refuse to serve you food. ...
Conscience without consequence
Working for Change - USA (8 April, 2005)
... Enron? So I approach the subject of conscience
clauses rather gingerly. ... Gradually, however, we have
had the incredibly expanding conscience clause. ...
Right to choose vs. the power to compel
Chicago Tribune (subscription) - USA (7 April,
2005)
... Illinois, like several other states, has a "Health Care
Right of Conscience" law, which says doctors, nurses and other
health-care providers can't be required ...
When Your
Conscience Goes to Work
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - CA, USA (6
April, 2005)
... I think of Judy when I think about the issue of whether
pharmacists should be permitted to refuse to fill prescriptions at which
their conscience balks. ...
Pharmacists and Conscience
On Point Radio - MA, USA (5 April, 2005)
Since the historic 1973 Roe v. Wade case, states have passed so-called
"conscience-clause" laws that allow health care professionals to opt out
of performing ...
Bill Would Give Pharmacists Right To Refuse
Prescriptions
WTVF - Nashville, TN, USA (4 April, 2005)
... It seems right that as a health care professional, there are
certain things that if they violate your conscience, you shouldn't have
to do it. ...
Protect
pro-life druggists
USA Today - USA (4 April, 2005)
... The profession believes, and properly so, that the right of
conscience and the right of patient access stand on equal footing. A
...
Analysis: Contraceptive Rx ordered filled
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA (4 April,
2005)
... North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and Missouri, but a court has
never decided whether pharmacists are covered by Illinois' Health Care
Right of Conscience Act, which ...
When pharmacists refuse, market is best medicine
USA Today (4 April, 2005)
When you hand a prescription to a pharmacist, you expect to receive
medication in return, not a lecture on your lifestyle or a debate about religion
. . .
Conscience Behind the Counter
Jabari Asim, Washington Post (4 April, 2005)
"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for riding the commuter express.
Please remember to take your newspapers and belongings when leaving
the train. . .
Moralists at the Pharmacy
New York Times Editorial (3 April, 2005)
Scattered reports suggest that a growing number
of pharmacists around the country are refusing to fill prescriptions
for contraceptives or morning-after birth control pills because of
moral or religious objections...
March, 2005
Doing the wrong thing worse than losing job
Billy Graham (8 March, 2005)
I don't understand what God is doing to me. I'm a bookkeeper,
and I got fired last week because I refused to do something illegal that my
boss wanted me to do. (Of course, he won't admit that's the reason.) What
good did it do me to stand up for my Christian principles? . . .
Conscience bill' makes bad law
The Arizona Republic (7
March, 2005)
I was shocked to see the Arizona House actually pass House Bill 2541,
the pharmacists "right of conscience" bill.
Bills like this have no place in law. . .
Lawmakers push for 'conscience clauses'
:They'd let pharmacists refuse to offer service against their beliefs
Stacy Forster (5 March, 2005)
f state law had been different, the clash over Amanda Phiede's right to a birth control prescription and pharmacist's Neil
Noesen's refusal to fill it might have ended short of the possible
discipline he now faces. . .
February,
2005
Bill Advances Giving Pharmacists Right To Refuse To Dispense Some ...
Arizona Capitol Times - Phoenix,AZ,USA (February,
2005)
... licensed health care workers who refuse to participate in
abortion, sterilization or contraception, say supporters of a Senate "Rights
of Conscience" bill. ...
Political druggists find new ways to
prescribe disaster
EJ Montini, The Arizona Republic (15 February, 2005)
You might want to double-check the medicine cabinet. Apparently, Arizona
pharmacists are too dumb to know what's good for them. Or for you.
Speakout: Bill attacks
freedom of conscience
Timothy Dore -Special to the News. RockyMountainNews.com
(11 February, 2005)
Despite our wide variety of religious practice, most
Americans agree that freedom of conscience cannot co-exist with government
interference.
Conscience and contraception
Guest Commentary:Archbishop Charles J. Chaput. Denver Post - Denver, CO, USA
(8
February, 2005)
State Rep. Fran Coleman recently
criticized the Catholic Church for "preaching" to her because, although
she is Catholic, she represents people of all faiths. . .
Fighting refusal to treat:
'Conscience' clauses hit the courts.
Tresa Baldas, National Law Journal (7 February, 2005}
A wave of proposed legislation and numerous lawsuits are highlighting a trend by
state governments to protect anti-abortion medical providers who refuse to offer
services or drugs on religious or moral grounds. . .
Do no harm: Drug bill is unnecessary
The Arizona Republic (2
February, 2005)
Two questions can help us weed out misguided bills: Are they necessary? Are
they likely to cause far more problems than they were designed to solve?
. . .
January, 2005
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