Hillary Clinton and The Family

[ellid]

No, not the Manson Family. But pretty disturbing nonetheless.

And no, I did not know that this allegedly life-long feminist supported "conscience clauses" that allow pharmacists to deny emergency contraception and birth control pills to their customers. It makes me question what sort of justice she'd nominate to the Supreme Court....

Comments

[shalmestere.livejournal.com]

I'm all in favor of people following their conscience. If a pharmacist can't, in good conscience, dispense emergency contraception or birth control pills, then s/he is free to resign and look for a job at a Catholic hospital :->

I don't recall Selective Service adding any "conscience clauses" for people who can't, in good conscience, "join the army, burn women, kids, houses and villages...".

[briony530.livejournal.com]

I thought there were provisions for conscientious objectors in the selective service...

But I'm with you on the other. Obey the rules of your workplace or go somewhere else. And don't feel free to reap any medical benefits from stem cell research either.

[shalmestere.livejournal.com]

I thought there were provisions for conscientious objectors in the selective service...

True. IIRC, in the Viet Nam era, conscientious objectors had to perform some other service (e.g. work as a medic in a VA hospital) in lieu of active duty; OTOH, if a draftable male didn't wish to do *anything* to aid the war effort, he had no choice but to leave the country. AFAIK, under the current regime, anti-choice pharmacists that don't want to dispense ECs, don't have to. Full stop.

[ellid.livejournal.com]

I don't recall Selective Service adding any "conscience clauses" for people who can't, in good conscience, "join the army, burn women, kids, houses and villages...".

"I want blood and guts and veins in my teeth. Shrink, I wanna kill. Kill. KILL."