{"id":12815,"date":"2007-10-09T19:04:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-10T02:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12815"},"modified":"2023-01-23T14:20:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T22:20:33","slug":"response-to-commentators-on-conscientious-objection-and-emergency-contraception-sex-drugs-and-the-rocky-role-of-levonorgestrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12815","title":{"rendered":"Response to Commentators on &#8220;Conscientious Objection and Emergency Contraception&#8221;: Sex, Drugs and the Rocky Role of Levonorgestrel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Robert F Card<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/amjbioethics.jpg\" alt=\"The American Journal of Bioethics\" class=\"wp-image-11196\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The American Journal of Bioethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>I thank the thoughtful commentators on my essay. Their contributions have deepened my grasp of the relevant issues. Unfortunately I cannot discuss each selection in turn, but will instead focus on several commentaries that purport to offer the most serious objections to my argument. . . I was inspired to write this article in order to examine some possible moral justifications for conscientious objection with respect to EC, given that objecting providers seemed to be under no obligation to even state their reasons for refusal. To the extent that this paper spurs further elaboration and evaluation of these reasons, I will consider it a success. (Responds to Farr Curlin, Carson Strong).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Card RF. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/15265160701672339\">Response to Commentators on &#8220;Conscientious Objection and Emergency Contraception&#8221;: Sex, Drugs and the Rocky Role of Levonorgestrel<\/a>. Am J Bioeth. 2007;7(10):W4-W6. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert F Card ExtractI thank the thoughtful commentators on my essay. Their contributions have deepened my grasp of the relevant issues. Unfortunately I cannot discuss each selection in turn, but will instead focus on several commentaries that purport to offer the most serious objections to my argument. . . 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