Somebody at the Dallas Morning Snooze finally gets it right.... [View All]

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Mark Davis
The employer rules: Job policy trumps personal conviction

07:37 PM CST on Tuesday, November 30, 2004

By MARK DAVIS

Imagine a gun dealer refusing to sell a rifle to a hunter because animals should not be shot. Or a baby furniture dealer refusing to sell a crib to an expectant couple with five kids because their family is already too large.

Preposterous? Of course, but it's the kind of thing that has actually happened at some Texas pharmacies – and would continue under the protection of law if a curious wave of zeal is not squashed in Austin.

A bill authored by state Rep. Frank Corte, R-San Antonio, would protect pharmacists from professional repercussions if they refuse to fill prescriptions for "emergency contraceptives."

You might know them as "morning-after" pills, designed to prevent pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of sex. That creates an understandable objection among those who believe human procreation is not to be interfered with.....