New Jersey Bill Would Ban Pharmacist Refusals
The New Jersey legislature recently passed a bill which requires pharmacists to fill all valid prescriptions brought to them, even if they are personally opposed to providing their patients with certain medications.
As Alta Charo explains in a recent ACS Issue Brief, Health Care Provider Refusals to Treat, Prescribe, Refer or Inform: Professionalism and Conscience, conservative health care providers in many states claim the legal right to refuse to dispense birth control, or to deny care to a gay patient. Should this New Jersey bill be signed into law, that state will join North Carolina, Massachusetts, Delaware, New York, Oregon, Texas and California, which have each put in place some legal framework to protect patients seeking prescriptions. In contrast, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Dakota have passed laws explicitly allowing pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptons.
As Alta Charo explains in a recent ACS Issue Brief, Health Care Provider Refusals to Treat, Prescribe, Refer or Inform: Professionalism and Conscience, conservative health care providers in many states claim the legal right to refuse to dispense birth control, or to deny care to a gay patient. Should this New Jersey bill be signed into law, that state will join North Carolina, Massachusetts, Delaware, New York, Oregon, Texas and California, which have each put in place some legal framework to protect patients seeking prescriptions. In contrast, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Dakota have passed laws explicitly allowing pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptons.
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