"Conscience clauses" or "unconscionable clauses": personal beliefs versus professional responsibilities.

Conscience clauses and oral contraceptives: conscientious objection or calculated obstruction?

This article examines the ethical and legal implications of conscience clauses, which allow pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for oral contraceptives due to their belief that they may constitute abortifacients. The author provides an informative background on contraception and the history of how abortion has been viewed in this country, then takes a critical look at some of the consci...

[The physician's conscience, conscience clauses, and religious belief: A Catholic perspective].

This Essay explores how physicians may handle conflicts or conscience facing Roman Catholic Health practitioners regarding "human life" issues, especially through conscience clauses. In five parts, the author examines "first, why conscientious objection is so important in our day; second, the moral grounding for freedom in the exercise of conscience; third, the components of the physician's con...

Physicians, Not Conscripts - Conscientious Objection in Health Care.

“Conscience clause” legislation has proliferated in recent years, extending the legal rights of health care professionals to cite their personal religious or moral beliefs as a reason to opt out of performing specific procedures or caring for particular patients. Physicians can refuse to perform abortions or in vitro fertilization. Nurses can refuse to aid in end-of-life care. Pharmacists can r...

An Investigation of Teachers’ Characteristics based on the Implications of Ministry of Education’s Strategic Plans

The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers’ characteristics based on the implications of Ministry of Education’s strategic plans. This applied research utilized qualitative content analysis with a conventional approach and was a library research in terms of data collection. The statistical population of the study was comprised of Ministry of Education’s strategic plans, i.e., the The...

The unconscionability of conscience clauses: pharmacists' consciences and women's access to contraception.