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Email Letter  to Washington State Board of Pharmacy, provided by Washington State Catholic Conference.


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Governor Christine Gregoire
Office of the Governor
P.O Box 40002
Olympia, WA  98504   
360.902.4111                                                                                                      _________________
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Dear Governor Christine Gregoire:

I am writing to you to state my SUPPORT for a Conscience Clause for WA pharmacists.  Unfortunately,
many are still confused about this issue.  The REAL issue is a conscience issue.  It is about protecting
pharmacists’ basic human right to exercise their conscience.

The United States has long recognized the right of its citizens to exercise their conscience in the face of
laws that contravene their religious beliefs. Individuals do not lose this right once they enter the health
profession.  In order to fully protect pharmacists, this civil right must extend to pharmacists who may be
requested to dispense a drug to which they conscientiously object.  We have a tradition and a body of
constitutional law that have protected the right to act in accord with one's conscience.

Legal recognition of the civil rights of pharmacists in no way infringes on the rights of patients.  Access to
health care is a right that I strongly support.  Patients do have a right to receive health care services, but
they do not have a right to force any particular individual to provide them.  Forcing pharmacists to choose
between conscience and government places them in the untenable position of violating the civil law or
violating their conscience.
I ask that you respect the religious freedom founded in our law and enact a conscience clause for
pharmacists.  I thank you in advance for your willingness to consider my concerns.

Sincerely,


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Steve Saxe, Executive Director &
Asaad Awan, Board Chair  
Board of Pharmacy
Department of Health
P.O. Box 47863
Olympia , WA  98504
360.236.4829
Fax: 360.236.4818                                                                                             _________________
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Dear WA State Board of Pharmacy:

I am writing to you to state my SUPPORT for a Conscience Clause for WA pharmacists.  Unfortunately,
many are still confused about this issue.  The REAL issue is a conscience issue.  It is about protecting
pharmacists’ basic human right to exercise their conscience.

The United States has long recognized the right of its citizens to exercise their conscience in the face of
laws that contravene their religious beliefs. Individuals do not lose this right once they enter the health
profession.  In order to fully protect pharmacists, this civil right must extend to pharmacists who may be
requested to dispense a drug to which they conscientiously object.  We have a tradition and a body of
constitutional law that have protected the right to act in accord with one's conscience.

Legal recognition of the civil rights of pharmacists in no way infringes on the rights of patients.  Access to
healthcare is a right that I strongly support.  Patients do have a right to receive health care services, but
they do not have a right to force any particular individual to provide them.  Forcing pharmacists to choose
between conscience and government places them in the untenable position of violating the civil law or
violating their conscience.
I ask that you respect the religious freedom founded in our law and enact a conscience clause for
pharmacists.  I thank you in advance for your willingness to consider my concerns.

Sincerely,
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