{"id":13178,"date":"2007-06-01T14:48:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-01T21:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13178"},"modified":"2023-01-23T14:25:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T22:25:29","slug":"moral-disagreement-and-providing-emergency-contraception-a-pluralistic-alternative-conscientious-objection-and-emergency-contraception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13178","title":{"rendered":"Moral Disagreement and Providing Emergency Contraception: A Pluralistic Alternative (Conscientious Objection and Emergency Contraception)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Noam Zohar<\/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>Thus my conclusion is not very far from Card&#8217;s, but it rests on very different grounds. A pluralistic framework leads to an expectation that the pharmacist provide EC, even while acknowledging the legitimacy of his view that using it is wrong. The pharmacist should in this kind of case respect and yield to the differing view of the client. Yet in other kinds of situations\u2014such as when what is required is direct action, as distinct from mere assistance\u2014conscientious objection should sometimes be allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Zohar N. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/15265160701347460?needAccess=true&amp;journalCode=uajb20\">Moral Disagreement and Providing Emergency Contraception: A Pluralistic Alternative (Conscientious Objection and Emergency Contraception)<\/a>. Am. J. Bioeth.. 2007;7(6):35-36.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noam Zohar ExtractThus my conclusion is not very far from Card&#8217;s, but it rests on very different grounds. A pluralistic framework leads to an expectation that the pharmacist provide EC, even while acknowledging the legitimacy of his view that using it is wrong. 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