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Contraception
Pharmacist's refusal to fill emergency contraception script raises questions
March 15th, 2004
A rape victim, trying to guard against an unwanted pregnancy, attempted to fill a prescription for the so-called morning-after contraceptive pill at an Eckerd pharmacy in Denton, Texas. But in a decision that cost him his job, pharmacist Gene Herr, citing religious convictions, turned her away. Herr's decision and Eckerd's response angered people on both sides of the abortion debate, re-igniting a discussion over whether pharmacists should be able to follow their religious and moral beliefs when dispensing drugs. "I don't think it's fair that I be forced to participate in a chain of events that results in the taking of a life,"...
Source: OBGYN & Reproduction Week (2004-03-15)
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