Posted on 04/19/2005 7:56:23 AM PDT by SmithL
Washington -- Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, citing reports that pharmacists have turned away women seeking birth control pills, has introduced legislation that she says would protect American women's access to contraception.
Boxer's proposal would require all pharmacies to fill all prescriptions or refer customers to someone who will, despite pharmacists' religious or ethical objections to the nature of the prescription.
The legislation, similar to a proposal in California that two state Senate committees will consider next week, came in response to reports from a dozen states that women have been turned away by pharmacists who wouldn't fill doctors' prescriptions for birth control pills or for "morning-after pills,'' which are known as emergency contraceptives. In some cases, women say they were also lectured by pharmacists.
California is one of four states considering laws requiring that all prescriptions be filled. Four states permit pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions that violate their personal beliefs, and 22 other states are considering similar laws.
On April 1, Illinois Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich reacted to a report that a chain store pharmacist had twice rejected prescriptions for morning- after pills by issuing an order requiring that such prescriptions be filled by stores despite an employee's moral or religious objections.
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C***!
Tolerance in action.
The governement forcing private citizens in their private business to abandon their religous beliefs? I thought we were a FREE society?
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