{"id":17058,"date":"2007-03-09T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-09T23:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17058"},"modified":"2023-02-09T15:54:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T23:54:55","slug":"from-eisenstadt-to-plan-b-a-discussion-of-conscientious-objections-to-emergency-contraception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17058","title":{"rendered":"From Eisenstadt to Plan B: A Discussion of Conscientious Objections to Emergency Contraception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lynne Marie Kohm<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"154\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/williammitchelllawrev.jpg\" alt=\"William Mitchell Law Review\" class=\"wp-image-17064\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">William Mitchell Law Review<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<br>Conclusion<\/strong><br>Medical ethics and the practice of medicine as an act of conscience have become integral to this scientifically unsettled debate. Before medication is prescribed or dispensed, a prudent practitioner weighs carefully the risks of the medication with the potential benefits. 70 Laws that require a medical professional to perform an act against his or her best judgment violate the code of ethics of that profession to do no harm in the professional\u2019s highest and best medical judgment. It ought to be alarming that a patient\u2019s expectations may become the standard for professional action. Ought medical professionals prescribe and dispense what the patient wants even if it harms him or her, just because the patient\u2019s autonomy allows a patient to live a risky life? 71 Family planning deserves a principled approach carried out with integrity that protects the parties, and that approach should be reflected in legal policy and lawmaking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should doctors and pharmacists be able to refuse to give out emergency contraceptives based on conscientious objections? Sexual freedom that was protected by the Supreme Court\u2019s emancipation of sexuality from reproduction has allowed emergency contraceptives to be used for any purpose an individual desires, rather than for the best and most responsible medical purposes. Therefore, when a medical professional has concerns that an emergency contraceptive may harm the health of his or her patients or customers or their offspring, a conscientious objection provided by law seems more appropriate than a legal requirement to dispense despite objections, at least until a medical and legal consensus can be reached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Kohm LM. <a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1176&amp;context=wmlr\">From Eisenstadt to Plan B: A Discussion of Conscientious Objections to Emergency Contraception<\/a>. William Mitchell Law Rev. 2007 Mar;33(3):787-805.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lynne Marie Kohm ExtractConclusionMedical ethics and the practice of medicine as an act of conscience have become integral to this scientifically unsettled debate. Before medication is prescribed or dispensed, a prudent practitioner weighs carefully the risks of the medication with the potential benefits. 70 Laws that require a medical professional to perform an act against &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17058\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;From Eisenstadt to Plan B: A Discussion of Conscientious Objections to Emergency 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