{"id":14490,"date":"2007-06-01T19:27:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-02T02:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=14490"},"modified":"2023-01-23T14:23:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T22:23:25","slug":"gatekeeping-and-personal-values-misuses-of-professional-roles-conscientious-objection-and-emergency-contraception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=14490","title":{"rendered":"Gatekeeping and Personal Values: Misuses of Professional Roles (Conscientious Objection and Emergency Contraception)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">D Micah Hester, Toby Schonfeld, Jean Amoura<\/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>. . .pharmacists and physicians who deny EC to women misuse their role as gatekeepers. This is because EC is safer than many over-the-counter (OTC) medications; therefore, its distribution does not require providers to exercise a particular skill or apply special knowledge. As a result,healthcare providers may appropriately act as advisors to women seeking EC, but may not use their role as gatekeepers as away of imposing their values on the women in their care. . . physicians and pharmacists who bar women from access to EC do so without professional cause. They misuse their role as gatekeeper, imposing personal values where professional ones should prevail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Hester DM, Schonfeld T, Amoura J.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15265160701347361\">Gatekeeping and Personal Values: Misuses of Professional Roles (Conscientious Objection and Emergency Contraception)<\/a>.  Am J Med Ethics. 2007 Jun;7(6):27-8. doi: 10.1080\/15265160701347361 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D Micah Hester, Toby Schonfeld, Jean Amoura Extract. . .pharmacists and physicians who deny EC to women misuse their role as gatekeepers. This is because EC is safer than many over-the-counter (OTC) medications; therefore, its distribution does not require providers to exercise a particular skill or apply special knowledge. 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