Julie Cantor and Ken Baum | the Limits of Conscientious

question 13

Multiple Choice

Julie Cantor and Ken Baum | The Limits of Conscientious Objection-May Pharmacists Refuse to Fill Prescriptions for Emergency Contraception?
Cantor and Baum present detailed arguments for and against giving pharmacists the right to refuse emergency contraception to patients. They also discuss the dilemma pharmacists face in balancing their medical obligations to patients, such as duty to care, with their own moral beliefs. Since courts have ruled that moral objections must be balanced with the burden imposed on others, they conclude that pharmacists who object to filling prescriptions for emergency contraception should be required to provide alternatives for patients.
-In a democracy, the right to refuse to participate in acts that conflict with personal ethical, moral, or religious convictions is called

• A) conscientious objection.
• B) moral turpitude.
• C) immoral.
• D) amoral.

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