{"id":13309,"date":"2005-06-15T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-15T22:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13309"},"modified":"2023-01-28T16:17:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T00:17:35","slug":"conscience-clauses-for-pharmacists-the-struggle-to-balance-conscience-rights-with-the-rights-of-patients-and-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13309","title":{"rendered":"Conscience Clauses for Pharmacists: The Struggle to Balance Conscience Rights with the Rights of Patients and Institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matthew White<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"162\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wisclawrev.jpg\" alt=\"Wisconsin Law Review\" class=\"wp-image-15464\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wisconsin Law Review<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<br>Conclusion<\/strong><br>. . .The patchwork of current conscience protection for pharmacists indisputably fails its purpose-in almost all cases the current legislation is severely one-sided and out of date. Although such conscience protection admirably attempts to embody the purposes of the First Amendment, most of the actual and proposed legislation suffers from severe partisan myopia. Statutes purporting to offer absolute protection to patients, to employers, or to health care providers rather than striking a balance tend to prolong and enlarge conflict rather than resolve it. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patients, pharmacists, and employers all have civil rights implicated in the delicate interactions that surround the use of oral contraception, and decisive action should be taken to enact statutes that protect the rights of each, rather than statutes that protect one group exclusively. Legislators should make a painstaking effort to craft new conscience legislation that protects the conscience rights of pharmacists without inserting the pharmacist between the patient and her doctor. Such legislation should also make some provision for employers that would be substantially burdened by an inability to conduct their business in the event of a bona fide conscience claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>White M. <a href=\"https:\/\/heinonline.org\/HOL\/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals\/wlr2005&amp;div=49&amp;id=&amp;page=\">Conscience Clauses for Pharmacists: The Struggle to Balance Conscience Rights with the Rights of Patients and Institutions<\/a>. Wisc Law Rev. 2005;6(1611-1648. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew White AbstractConclusion. . .The patchwork of current conscience protection for pharmacists indisputably fails its purpose-in almost all cases the current legislation is severely one-sided and out of date. 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