Julie Cantor and Ken Baum | the Limits of Conscientious

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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.
-The authors conclude with which of the following solutions to finding a balance between the rights of pharmacists and clients?

• A) Pharmacists have no right to object to filling prescriptions for emergency contraception.
• B) Pharmacists have an absolute right to object to filling prescriptions for emergency contraception.
• C) Pharmacists who object to filling prescriptions for emergency contraception should provide alternatives for patients.
• D) Pharmacists who object to filling prescriptions for emergency contraception are not obligated to provide alternatives for patients.

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