Gov'ts Press Pharmacists to Ignore Pope's Anti-Abortion Pill Call

jlw509 »

Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:45 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

A pharmacist is a professional in a vocation which involves both a range of technical education and training, and an ethical code which specifies that the pharmacist, like the doctor, is supposed to protect the life and promote the health of the client or customer.

Many would have an ethical objection to providiing drugs for the purpose of torture. Would you require them to do so? Many would object to providing drugs for executions --- that is, for carrying out capital punishment. Would you require this as well? It used to be the fascists who insisted on that sort of pharmacist.

Is it a good thing to reduce a pharmacist to a vending machine at the behest of those with money and power, regardless of the protection of life and health?

We used to appreciate people in the healing profession who acted conscientiously. Must we now insist that they be conscience-less?

Study: Protestant Countries Have Higher Employment Rates

jlw509 »

Thu Oct 04, 2007 2:19 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 1

The USA is arguably a Protestant country. The UK, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are post-Christian, materialist, hedonist, secularist countries. I doubt very seriously that Reformed theology has any influence whatsoever on their employment patterns. It certainly has little if any influence on their marriage and childbearing patterns (unless you count the Muslims as Reformed.)

Court Ruling Keeps $7.5M Abortion Clinic on Ice

jlw509 »

Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:21 pm Agree: 2   Disagree: 0

I found this news article useful and encouraging. However, I would want to dispute this summary provided by newswriter Michelle Vu:

"At the heart of the debate is whether local building laws or the Constitution should take priority in this case."

However the lawyers construe it, that's not the point of the case. First, is Planned Parenhood being treated differently than any other entity that files fraudulent papers in order to do business? And second: isn't the purpose of zoning to give local people real input in the kind of businesses which locate in their community? Planned Parenthood apparently knew their presence would be offensive the local community: that explains their repeated lying and deception. And offensive they are.

They are offensive because they exploit women and kill babies. They will keep provoking protest from community as long as they continue their ugly, divisive, and destructive practices.

That's the "heart" of the "debate."