Monday, April 25, 2005
The "conscience clause," introduced this week by state Rep. Jeff Barnhart, R-Cabarrus, would protect a position advocated by some pharmacists, including the man who heads the Medicaid drug program in North Carolina.
Barnhart's bill, filed Wednesday, would give pharmacists the right to refuse to fill prescriptions based on their moral or religious objection to abortion without fear of discipline or "recriminatory action."
"It's a problem," said Walter Klausmeier, chief executive officer of the Raleigh-based Planned Parenthood Health Systems, which oversees several Planned Parenthood offices across the state.
"Pharmacists should respect the practitioner who writes the order and not let personal feelings about a whole host of areas -- not just emergency contraception -- interfere," Klausmeier said.
(Thomas D'Andrea, chief pharmacist for Medicaid in North Carolina, had been listed on the Web site of Pharmacists for Life, with his state contact information.) [more...]
First the Presidency, next the Pharmacists, soon the whole Judicial system, and the Crusades, Part II. How far will the alarmist pendulum swing before it returns to normal?
Barnhart's bill, filed Wednesday, would give pharmacists the right to refuse to fill prescriptions based on their moral or religious objection to abortion without fear of discipline or "recriminatory action."
"It's a problem," said Walter Klausmeier, chief executive officer of the Raleigh-based Planned Parenthood Health Systems, which oversees several Planned Parenthood offices across the state.
"Pharmacists should respect the practitioner who writes the order and not let personal feelings about a whole host of areas -- not just emergency contraception -- interfere," Klausmeier said.
(Thomas D'Andrea, chief pharmacist for Medicaid in North Carolina, had been listed on the Web site of Pharmacists for Life, with his state contact information.) [more...]
First the Presidency, next the Pharmacists, soon the whole Judicial system, and the Crusades, Part II. How far will the alarmist pendulum swing before it returns to normal?
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