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| CONCERNED PHARMACISTS FOR CONSCIENCE #207-132411 Avenue SW Calgary, AB T3C 0M6 (403)228-2190 Fax (403)228-2249 PRESS RELEASE March 24. 2000 In a controversial policy change, announced this week the College of Pharmacists of B.C. decided to allow pharmacists to hand out the morning after pill, Preven, over the counter without a doctor's prescription. In response, Greg Eberhart, registrar of the Alberta Pharmaceutical Association (APhA) has stated that "The APhA hopes to follow B.C.'s push..." "There has been no dialogue between the membership of the APhA and its executive, as to how pharmacists stand on this position," says Ms. Maria Bizecki, spokesperson for the group Concerned Phamlacists for Conscience (CPC). Ms. Bizecki further states the APhA executive finds itself under increased pressure from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC), to dispense this product over the counter. In 1995, the issue of a "conscience clause" came before the APhA membership and was passed, but, after consideration, dismissed by the APhA's self appointed Regulatory Affairs Committee. "Forcing pharmacists to dispense or refer patients requesting Preven, an abortion causing drug developed to primarily act during Implantation of an embryo, is an insult to the autonomy of the pharmacist, the profession of pharmacy, and a health risk to women" adds Ms.Bizecki. Concerned Pharmacists for Conscience (CPC) is opposed to pharmacists dispensing medications that violate their conscience on moral, medical ethical, or religious grounds. For further information, please call Ms. Maria Bizecki, spokesperson for Concerned Pharmacists for Conscience at: 403-228-2190 |
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of NEWS RELEASE Two new advisors joined the Project in March. J. Budziszewski, Ph.d, is Associate Professor, Departments of Government and Political Philosophy, University of Texas (Austin), U.S.A.. He is a specialist in ethical and political philosophy, is the author of five academic books, most recently "The Revenge of Conscience: Politics and the Fall of Man" (1999) and "Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law"(1997). He has contributed numerous articles and reviews to both scholarly and popular periodicals, including "First Things", the "American Journal of Jurisprudence", the "Journal of Politics", the "American Political Science Review", the "Weekly Standard", the"National Review", and Public Choice". David Novak, A.B., M.H.L., Ph.d., is the Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair of Jewish Studies, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is Professor of the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto, and also Professor of Philosophy, with appointments in University College, the Faculty of Law, the Joint Centre for Bioethics, and the Institute of Medical Science. He is also Director of the Jewish Studies Programme. From 1989 to 1997 he was the Edgar M. Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies at the University of Virginia. He had taught previously at Oklahoma city University, Old Dominion University, the New School for Social Research, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and Baruch College of the City University of New York. From 1966 to1969 he was Jewish Chaplain to St. Elizabeth's Hospital, National Institute of Mental Health, in Washington, D.C. - 30 - For further information, call Sean Murphy at 604-485-9765 or e-mail protection@consciencelaws.org.
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of NEWS RELEASE NEW ADVISOR JOINS PROJECT Janet Ajzenstat, Professor of Political Science at McMaster University in Hamilton
Ontario, has joined the advisory board of the Protection of Conscience Project. - provides information on protection of conscience legislation worldwide; - promotes clarification and understanding of the issues involved to assist in reasoned public discussion; - acts as a clearing house for reports from people who have been discriminated against for reasons of conscience. -30- For further information, call Sean Murphy at 604-485-9765 or e-mail protection@consciencelaws.org.
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