[Vision2020] House Bill 216 (Pharmacist Conscience Bill)

[Glenn Schwaller]

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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