PHARMACISTS WITH NO PLAN B.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Anderson, Nate
- Source
- Christianity Today. Aug2006, Vol. 50 Issue 8, p44-49. 6p.
- Subject
- *PHARMACISTS
*DRUGSTORES
*PHARMACEUTICAL services
- Language
- ISSN
- 0009-5753
The article focuses on the rights of U.S. pharmacists to refuse to dispense medicine on grounds of their belief and faith. A background on the case of Kmart pharmacist Neil Noesen of Menomonie, Wisconsin who refused to dispense birth control is offered. Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, in response to reports that Chicago pharmacists refuse to fill certain prescriptions, signed an emergency rule in early 2005 which ordered pharmacies to dispense drugs in a timely manner. INSETS: THE BROADER QUESTION: Law or Free Market?;The Noesen Saga.