New Jersey law: Distribution of abortion drugs on demand

future,pharmaciesand pharmacists may not refuse customers to purchase emergency contraceptives or abortion pills on religious or ethical groundsNew Jersey GovJon SCorzine signed a new law on November 5,, to guarantee women's right to use birth control and emergency contraceptionUnder the law's requirements, from now on,pharmaciesand pharmacists in New Jersey must provide patients with appropriatedrugplacement services if a patient requests to purchase emergency birth control pills or abortion pills, and may not refuse customers on religious or ethical groundsThe new law ensures the right to use health carehealth care
in fact, in the United States, there has long been a debate about whether pharmacists should abandon their moral beliefs in the distribution of abortion pills to patients
,emergency contraceptives and euthanasia pillsNew Jersey's legislation comes after a long, repeated and difficult court battle between government officials who support legalizing abortion and angry pharmacists who hold the banner of "moral faith power."Untilthe eve of the passage of the decree, pope Benedict XVIgave them aof moral faith to their pharmacists around the world,he said: "Pharmacists must find ways to raise awareness of the,make all humanbeings aware of the importance of the natural state of the process from the birth of life to death
only,theof medicine can truly play a role inhealthtreatment." The pope believes that pharmacists have the right to refuse to distribute emergency contraception or euthanasia drugs on the basis of their moral beliefs, and he not only opposes the legislation, but also calls for: "The right to refuse moral belief should be included in the vocational training of the profession of pharmacist so that they do not provide products with obvious immorality, such as abortion or euthanasia." , said Senator Joseph Vitale of New Jersey, one of the bill's sponsors, "the discussion of moral beliefs is admirable, but when subjective belief requirements conflict with objective medical decisions, things are different." Fred Madden, another senator from New Jersey, agreed that the new law ensures equal access to health health care "Once a person chooses to work in medical , he must put his personal feelings aside and work with his peers toward the same goal: to protect the patient's health
and happiness," she said "
no surprise, and their views were immediately met with an outcry from abortion opponents Marie Tasy, of The Right to Life in New Jersey, said: "This law sends a chilling message to all people of religious or ethical beliefs that if they were pharmacists, they would have a hard time doing it in New Jersey." "
the law is supported by the Pharmacists Association and several states
and despite the strong opposition, the New Jersey law has been supported by the Pharmacists Association, the nation's largest pharmacist organization, which advocates legislation similar to that in New Jersey that requires pharmacists or chain pharmacies to fill out prescriptions and place drugs as required by customers, or they should immediately recommend another pharmacy to customers With the exception of New Jersey, many States in the United States have enacted ordinances on this sensitive topic Among them, California and Washington state have asked pharmacists not to refuse to allow customers to buy birth control pills at will; in Wisconsin, 2
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00, there was an incident in Which pharmacist Neil Noesen was reprimanded, fined and restricted by pharmacists for refusing to issue oral contraceptives; and Janet Napolitano, the governor of Arizona and a radical abortion legalist, vetoed legislation 2005 to recognize the moral right of pharmacists Arkansas, , Georgia
, Mississippi and South Dakota, were among the other groups, creating laws that protected pharmacists' right to moral belief Similar to Florida , Illinois , Maine and Tennessee, which have similar protections (
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