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" D e f e n d i n g G o d ' s P l a n " 2009-2010
Legislative
Birth Control Protection Act
ate Senate in 2008. This counterfactual and unconstitutiona l contraceptive drugs and devices. Violators would be subject to current law standard of practice penalties ranging from forfeitures to license revocation. Hormonal birth control and its abortion causing effect:
It is a medical fact that the morning-after pill (a high dosage of the birth control pill) and most if not all birth control drugs and devices including the intrauterine device (IUD), Depo Provera, the Patch, and a pregnancy by chemically altering the lining (endometrium) so that a newly conceived child (h y used emergency contraceptive pill package is Plan B. Plan B®
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Laboratories, also describes the mechanism of the drug: LO/OVRAL-28: Combination oral contraceptives act by suppression of gonadotropins. Although the primary mechanism of this action is inhibition of ovulation, other alterations include changes in the
cervical mucus (which increase the difficulty of sperm entry into the uterus) and the endometrium
(which reduce the likelihood of implantation) (emphasis added).
While admitting that hormonal birth control can inhibit the implantation of a fertilized egg, the makers n "prevents pregnancy" or "will not a 19270 North Hills Dr, Brookfield, WI 53045 (262) 796-1111 www.prolifewisconsin.org
intentionally define the term "pregnancy" as implantation of a fertilized egg in the womb, as opposed
to "pregnancy" beginning at fertilization.
Excluding the morning-after pill and other abortion-causing birth control drugs from the legal definition of abortion does not change the fact that they can and do cause early chemical abortions. Simply wishing something to be true does not make it so. Federal and stat e cons
titutional protec tions of
religious expre
ssion and liberty
of conscience:
This legislation clearly violates the First Am These individual conscience rights are enshrined in our state and federal constitutions for good reason - to secure liberty in a free nation. Whether or not legislators agree or disagree with specific moral objections, their sworn oaths to the state and federal constitutions command them to respect and protect them. They can't pick and choose which conscience rights to protect or reject. This legislation the obliteration of any and all conscie nce nd their livelihoods. No pharmacist should Manufacturing a problem in need of a solution:
What problem is this bill trying to solve? Conscientious pharmacists exercise their refusal to dispense birth control in a peaceful, non-judgmental and professional manner. They typically have ion would completely abrogate any and all good-faith accommodations between pharmacists of conscience and their employers. In other words, if it isn't broke, don't fix it. According to a study by Pharmacy Manpower Project Inc. out of Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California, Wisconsin is one of a few states where the pharmacist shortage is most severe. On a scale of one to five - with one equal to high supply of pharmacists and five equal to high demand - Wisconsin scored a 4.6, meaning that it's difficult to fill its open positions. This legislation will only exacerbate Wisconsin's acute pharmacist shortage, hampering our state's ability to recruit and Please tell your state legislators to protect the lawful conscience rights of
pro-life pharmacists.
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Source: http://www.prolifewisconsin.org/files/Birth%20control%20protection%20act.pdf