The Medical Freedom Channel

“Politicians and pharmacists in Italy responded angrily yesterday to an appeal by Pope Benedict for pharmacists to refuse to dispense drugs such as the “morning-after pill” if they object on moral grounds. The pope told an international conference on Monday that pharmacists should be guaranteed the right to conscientious objection in cases where medicines they distribute can block pregnancy, provoke abortion or assist euthanasia. Health Minister Livia Turco said that while the pope has the right to urge young people to be sexually responsible, he could not tell professionals such as pharmacists what to do. ‘I don’t think his warning to pharmacists to be conscientious objectors to the morning-after pill should be taken into consideration,’ she told a daily newspaper, Corriere della Sera.” [editor’s note: The pope’s insistence on urging them to oppose contraception makes the whole thing just more absurd - SAT] (10/31/07)