Bill Orders N.J. Pharmacists to Fill All Prescriptions

Bill: Pharmacists Have NO Moral or Religious Rights
By Susan K. Livio / The Star-Ledger
Pharmacists in New Jersey would be legally required to sell any medication or medical device, even if they object on religious or moral grounds, under a bill that won final legislative approval yesterday. The bill emerged from the controversy surrounding the push to make the so-called "morning-after" pill (Bush's Plan B Abortion Pill) available without a prescrip tion. After a three-year debate that engaged pro- and anti-abortion ad vocates, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in August approved the over-the-counter sale of the drug designed to prevent pregnancy. Full story...

Posted by Editor at June 12, 2007 09:51 AM