Four states currently allow a pharmacist's moral or religious objections to trump an individual's right to get a prescribed medication, and some 20 other states are considering similar legislation. Meanwhile, legislators in California, Illinois and several other states are looking to pass laws ensuring patients' access to all prescribed medications, regardless of a pharmacist's beliefs. We look at the moral and legal arguments of this debate.
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Pharmaceutical Ethics
Listen Thursday, Apr. 21, 2005 at 12:06 p.m. in Health, Religion, SocietyGuests
Barbara Boxer
Senator, D- CA, U.S. Senate
Steve Aden
Chief Litigation Counsel for Christian Legal Society's Center for Law and Religious Freedom
Rachel Laser
Senior Counsel, Pharmacy Refusal Project, National Women’s Law Center
Frederic A. Lombardo
pharmacist and assistant professor, College of Medicine, the School of Pharmacy, Howard University
Anonymous Anonymous
pro-life pharmacist from Chicago, Illinois area
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