Pharmacists with Their Own Ethics?
In January of 2004 a pharmacist in Denton across the street from where I teach bioethics refused to fill a prescription for a rape victim. Protesters marched because the prescription he refused to fill was for a contraceptive which, as I was told the story, he believed would be used as a “morning-after” pill. 
When used for that purpose, the prescription can prevent implantation of an embryo, and therefore…well…which words should be used next? Does it “prevent a pregnancy” since the woman never has an embryo attached to her uterus, and is therefore never pregnant? Or does it “end a human life” since there is a living embryo destroyed as a result of the treatment?
Of course, for someone adamantly and consistently pro-life, the latter language is obviously correct. The consistently pro-choice position is equally firmly committed to the former language. But for many purportedly pro-life individuals, Read the rest of this entry »
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