Check your conscience at the door...
Print ViewWhat do you do when you've hired an employee who won't do what you tell him to do? What do you do with a business that won't do what a customer wants? How about a pharmacist that fails to fill a prescription because his conscience won't let him? (An Eckerd drugstore fired just such a pharmacist a few years back.)
"The Bush administration recently attempted to redefine abortion while protecting pro-life advocates. [A recent] proposal states that 'all recipients of aid
under federal health programs are expected to certify that they will
not refuse to hire nurses and other providers who object to abortion
and even certain types of birth control.' " Read the full article.
After you read the article, listen to Chuck Colson's "Breakpoint" commentary "Tolerating Bigotry: Why We Need a Conscience Clause," which aired Tuesday.
(You can read his commentary here.)
DEADLINE for your comments is MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17. by now, you know the rules -- grades are based on thoughfulness of your response, referring to specific points in the article, Colson's commentary, and/or your classmate's comments. You may post more than once so that you can respond to a classmate.
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