What prompted PFLI to pro-actively initiate the CC?
A. Two pharmacists working for Safeway in Longview, WA were dismissed from their jobs for refusing to dispense OCs knowing they act as abortifacients are various percentage rates. PFLI went to their defense publicly although the two were not members. In 1991, another pharmacist was forced to resign from the University of Florida for refusing to dispense the MAP to college girls at the university dispensary. After the 1987 incident, PFLI took the leadership initiative to have a universal CC passed to preserve the rights of conscience for pharmacists who refuse to violate their conscience. Doctors and nurses have had specific national and state protections for their rights of conscience. A universal CC would only give parity to pharmacy.
