[Vision2020] House Bill 216 (Pharmacist Conscience Bill)

[Andreas Schou]

Awesome. I'm going to convert to Christian Science and go to pharmacy
school. Easiest. Job. Ever. And guaranteed by law!

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Glenn Schwaller <vpschwaller at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hmmmm . . . I suspect once again that, once again, Moscow Tom is confused
> over what "really is" as opposed to what he wants something to be.   I can
> see no wording in HO216 whatsoever that would support MT's claim that this
> bill "allows potential employers to evaluate a pharmacist's job
> application."  Where do you get this stuff?!?!
>
> Allow me to direct you to the one salient section that apparently MT didn't
> bother to read carefully (or at all), 54-1718A Paragraph (3) which states:
>
> "It shall be unlawful to discriminate against ANY (my caps) person based
> upon his or her declining to dispense or distribute pharmaceutical care or a
> drug or drugs that violate his or her conscience."
>
> I think it is safe to say this is on point with respect to any potential
> discriminatory hiring practices.
>
> GS
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>
>> What I am concerned with is . . .
>>
>> House Bill 216 allows potential employers to evaluate a pharmacist's job
>> application on the applicant's religious, moral, and ethical values.
>>
>> "Sorry, Matt.  But we here at Smith's Pharmacy feel that your pro-life
>> ethic may adversely impact upon your duties when it comes to filling some
>> of our most loyal customers' prescriptions."
>>
>> How is that right?
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> > > In closing:
>> > >
>> > > http://www.fda.gov/CDER/DRUG/infopage/planB/planBQandA.htm
>> > >
>> > >  “Plan B works like other birth control pills to prevent pregnancy.
>> Pla> n B
>> > > acts primarily by stopping the release of an egg from the ovary
>> (ovulatio> n).
>> > > It may prevent the union of sperm and egg (fertilization). If
>> fertilizati> on
>> > > does occur, Plan B may prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the
>> wom> b
>> > > (implantation). If a fertilized egg is implanted prior to taking Plan
>> B,
>> > > Plan B will not work.”
>> > >
>> > >  So, if you think a fertilized embryo is “human”, Plan B can cause
>> > > abortions.  Pesky things, those semantics.
>> > >
>> > If it's your position that birth control is itself abortion, you're at
>> odds
>> > with even the Catholic church's maximalist position on abortion.
>> >
>> > --ACS
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> Join us at The First Annual Intolerista Wingding, April 17th, featuring
>> Roy Zimmerman and Jeanne McHale.  For details go to . . .
>>
>> http://www.MoscowCares.com/Wingding
>>
>> Seeya
>> there.
>>
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