[Pflienews] PHARMACIST CONSCIENCE COALTION NEWS: Concerned Healthcare Workers for Moral Conscience forms

Sun May 31 09:25:18 MDT 2009

*Pharmacist Conscience Coalition** (PCC)*

*Dedicated to defending the First Amendment rights of all pharmacists to 
the free exercise of their conscience in all their professional activities.*

A new group of healthcare workers, concerned with conscience issues, has 
been started up in Alberta. "Concerned Healthcare workers for Moral 
Conscience" is the group, which basically has been an extension of 
"Concerned pharmacists for conscience". They have started up because of 
the concern brought about by the new regulations by College of 
pharmacists and other healthcare regulating bodies which are playing 
down the importance of conscience issues of the healthcare workers they 
regulate. It is being coordinated by Dennis and Lisa Nawrocki. This is 
the premier issue of their newletter. If you would like to join this 
group please contact Dennis or Lisa at dnawrocki at telus.net.

Michael Izzotti, BSc (Pharm)
Coordinator, PFLI/Canada

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From: dnawrock at telus.net
To: dnawrock at telus.net
Subject: April 2009 e-newsletter
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 23:42:52 -0600

*/Concerned Healthcare Workers for Moral Conscience/*

*eNewsletter*

* 
Issue **# 1  April 2009***

*/Welcome to the premier issue of our newsletter.  We would like to 
thank you for your interest in protecting conscience and those affected 
by the erosion of conscience in our society. /*

*Introduction:*  South of our border a change is occurring that fills 
those of us with conscience objections with trepidation.  "Thank 
goodness we live in Canada", may be our thoughts as we relax into our 
familiar complacency. However, are we truly immune to the illness of 
erosion to our fundamental freedoms?

          Last fall the College of Pharmacists of Alberta made a 
provision removing the moral right of a pharmacist to decline referring 
a patient for a chemical abortion.  As well, the Alberta College of 
Physicians and Surgeons drafted new standards of practice requiring all 
doctors to refer a patient and provide information regarding chemical 
and surgical abortions.  Unfortunately, many of us were not aware such 
decisions were being made, no doubt due to the lack of fanfare and the 
subtle Canadianized approach to magnanimous change.

          */Concerned Healthcare Workers for Moral Conscience/* has been 
formed to collectively stand against these and other changes that deny a 
healthcare workers right to conscientious objection in the workplace.  
The lives of vulnerable populations served by these professionals in 
Alberta are at serious risk.  Technological advances in medicine mixed 
with the societal push for easy access to abortion and assisted suicide 
make it imperative that healthcare employees with moral conscience 
objections are allowed to make professional judgements in protection of 
human life. Lives of the elderly, chronically ill, physically and 
intellectually impaired and the pre-born children will be lost, if we as 
healthcare workers are disciplined by our colleges, fired from our jobs 
and in other ways prevented from exercising our duty to protect lives 
with our medical arts.

As a former nurse in Alberta, I developed a desire to help alleviate 
suffering and prevent unnecessary death--not cause it.  I was drawn to 
the healthcare field with ideals and principles, and asking me to ignore 
God-given conscience would be to ask me to deny my very humanity.

          What separates man from animals is free will and a conscience 
to exercise that will in the better interest of our fellow man. 
Eventually, without moral conscience as a compass guiding our society, 
the erosion of our humanness will lead to anarchy.

Lisa Nawrocki

Below are some links regarding recent information on moral conscience:

*National Post*

Posted: April 18, 2009

*Cristina Alarcon: "Mixing conscience and medicine is a good thing"*

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/holy-post/archive/2009/04/18/cristina-alarcon-mixing-conscience-and-medicine-is-a-good-thing.aspx 

*Mercatornet *

Wednesday, 15 April 2009 

*Cristina Alarcon: "Professionals or Automatons?"*

http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/professionals_or_automatons

*The Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA)* have posted a great 
new video interviewing American healthcare workers and their challenges 
facing moral conscience issues.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxCVw1vX1lM

      Lifesite news

April 17, 2009

      Irish Protestors Shut Down Speech by "Involuntary Euthanasia" Activist

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/apr/09041708.html

*Lifesite news*

April 17, 2009

*Second-International Symposium (against) Euthanasia and Assisted 
Suicide* http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/apr/09041710.html

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*Thanks to all* who sent letters and or phoned the Alberta Colleges of 
Physicians, Pharmacists and Nurses regarding the changes to standards of 
practice and or codes of ethics outlined in our last e-mail.  The 
College of Physicians and Surgeons received more than 250 responses to 
their draft standards of practice against the proposed changes to 
implementing mandatory referral for abortions.  This shows the impact of 
getting involved to create a larger voice affirming the need for moral 
conscience clauses in the healthcare field. (see attachment for more 
information)

*Thank you to Rob Taylor* (pharmacist) for attending and representing 
pharmacists for moral conscience at the recent Alberta College of 
Pharmacists council meeting April 3,2009.   Due to overwhelming 
responses from pharmacists and concerned citizens, the college has 
decided to retain a provision for moral conscience objection in its 
revised code of ethics.  Again, we can not stress enough the importance 
of all concerned expressing their dismay at those proposed changes.

*Thank you to Gordon Self*, Vice President, Mission, Ethics and 
Spirituality of Covenant Health for meeting with us to share ideas and 
concerns.

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Please feel free to pass this on to friends and colleagues.

To subscribe to the monthly e-newsletter or to submit any links you wish 
to include in the next newsletter please use the following address:

*/Concerned Healthcare Workers for Moral Conscience/*

Denis Nawrocki (pharmacist)

Lisa Nawrocki (former healthcare worker)

St. Paul, Alberta

dnawrock at telus.net <mailto:dnawrock at telus.net>

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