Contraception

Nurse quits job to avoid distributing "morning-after" pills

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 22nd, 2004

Nine state health department nurses have resigned at least partly over concerns about the agency distributing emergency contraceptives, also known as "morning-after" pills, at family planning clinics.

"The first time I had to do it, it made me physically sick and I told that to my supervisor," said Donna Tyner, who resigned from her job as a nurse practitioner at state public health clinics in the Montgomery area. She said she quit because she felt she was being required to distribute the pills, even though she is morally and religiously opposed to the process.

Health department officials have said they were making accommodations for clinic workers...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-07-22)

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