[Pflienews] PharmFacts E-News Update: CALL FOR ACTION for a PHARMACIST CONSCIENCE COALITION

Thu Feb 7 12:59:39 MST 2008

*PharmFacts E-News Update -- 7 Feb 2008 AD
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_*CALL FOR ACTION*__* for a PHARMACIST CONSCIENCE COALITION*_

Pharmacists are being challenged across our great country for seeking 
the right of conscience to fill or not fill a prescription for a 
medication to which they have a conscientious objection. I believe that 
there is value in banding together to share legislative or regulatory 
attempts in each of our states that are directed at limiting this First 
Amendment right of ours, a best practices idea exchange hub, if you will.

The Feb 2, 2008 /PharmFacts E-News Update /from Pharmacists for Life 
International (PFLI) that reports legislative attempts in Indiana and 
Pennsylvania makes me suspect that this attack on our profession either 
is, probably is, or will in the near future, confront all of us. I 
believe it is a top national agenda item for many anti-life 
organizations. In Washington State, for example, we have been responding 
to these attacks for over 2 years.

I also believe that there is strength in numbers and that we can learn 
from each other and can benefit from not having to "re-invent the wheel".

PFLI has offered to act as a conduit in this effort to ban together, and 
share our experiences and "best practices".

I am inviting you to join with PFLI and myself to form a national 
coalition of pro-conscience rights pharmacists to:

   1.

      Collect, into a permanent "Knowledge Base", all current or
      proposed legislative and/or regulatory documents that either grant
      or refuse pharmacists the right to exercise their properly formed
      conscience in refusing to fill a prescription to which they
      morally object;

   2.

      Identify pharmacists that are currently involved in these
      legislative and/or regulatory efforts, as well as pharmacists
      involved in or considering litigation in the area of pharmacist
      rights of conscience and religion; and who would like to
      collaborate with other like-minded pharmacists;

   3.

      Create a coalition of like-minded pharmacists to assist each other
      in defeating these attacks against our First Amendment rights, and
      to share our successful and our failed strategies; and

   4.

      Address any other issue or area of importance in the field of
      pharmacist conscience and religious rights which may arise in the
      future.

If you think as I do, please e-mail _*immediately*_*:*

your name, pharmacist degree, e-mail address, best contact voice 
telephone number, best time to call you [including your time zone], fax 
number, mailing address, and the state to which the information applies.

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      Email to PFLI at _*conscience at pfli.org*
      <mailto:conscience at pfli.org>_.

All of this information will be kept confidentially and will not be sold 
or used for any purpose other that the ones stated above. If you object 
to the sharing of this information with anyone (including the media), 
please advise us.

In addition, if you are involved in legislation, regulation, state Board 
of Pharmacy activity, or litigation concerning pharmacists' rights of 
conscience and religion, please include a succinct summary of your 
circumstances and your pertinent info along with the above contact 
information.

Thank you!

C.J. Kahler, RPh
(425) 657-0260
Cjkahler4 at msn.com

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800-227-8359
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PFLI supports pharmacist rights of conscience NOT to be forced to 
dispense or counsel for chemicals which violate their sincerely held 
religious, moral or ethical beliefs.  For more info see:
http://www.pfli.org/main.php?pfli=conscienceclausefaq

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