by APFLI | Apr 22, 2008 | Legislation / Court Cases
ILLINOIS COURT REJECTS WALGREENS' ATTEMPT TO DENY PHARMACISTS' CONSCIENCE RIGHTS. An Illinois state court has rejected the latest attempt by a major pharmacy chain to read pharmacists out of that state's Health Care Right of Conscience Act. On April...
by APFLI | Feb 20, 2008 | Legislation / Court Cases
CMA Physicians Laud HHS Secretary Leavitt for Protecting Physicians and Patients on Abortion and Conscience Issue Washington –June 27, 2008–The Christian Medical Association (CMA, www.cmda.org), the nation's largest faith-based organization of...
by APFLI | May 6, 2007 | Legislation / Court Cases
APPEALS COURT RULES WAL-MART CAN IGNORE PHARMACIST'S CONSCIENCE PLEA. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on 2May that Wal-Mart is not required to respect the conscience rights of a Wisconsin pharmacist. Neil Noeson cited religious objections to filling...
by APFLI | Apr 16, 2007 | Legislation / Court Cases
FEDERAL APPEALS COURT OKs INJUNCTION TO PROTECT PRO-LIFE PHARMACISTS. A federal appeals court has upheld an injunction in a lower court ruling that halted a new state requirement forcing pharmacists to fill prescriptions for all drugs. The mandate included drugs that...
by APFLI | Mar 25, 2006 | Legislation / Court Cases
Two Vista doctors can argue to a jury that they did not violate an Oceanside lesbian’s civil rights when they refused to artificially inseminate her, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. The doctors may argue that their religious beliefs prohibited them from...
