{"id":3426,"date":"2003-03-05T20:19:07","date_gmt":"2003-03-05T20:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3426"},"modified":"2013-08-05T20:24:38","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T20:24:38","slug":"testimony-of-pharmacist-re-wisconsin-senate-bill-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3426","title":{"rendered":"Testimony of pharmacist re: Wisconsin Senate Bill 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Before the Senate Labour Committee<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Wisconsin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">\u00a0Yvonne Klubertanz R.Ph.<\/p>\n<h5>The physician was adamant that I had to fill whatever he prescribed, even though I explained my conscience would not allow me to do that. He threatened that my supervisor would find out about this, and I feared that my job could be in jeopardy. I was harassed for my beliefs, and my dignity as a person was attacked.<\/h5>\n<p>Thank you for being here to listen to my testimony in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/proposed\/usa-wisconsin-007.aspx\">SB 21<\/a>. As a pharmacist licensed in the state of WI, I have experienced first hand the fear of being fired for my religious, moral, or ethical beliefs, and realize how important this bill is for the future of pharmacy. First let me explain the current state of the pharmacy profession.<\/p>\n<p>As you may know, there is a shortage of health care workers. Pharmacists, especially, are in very high demand. If pharmacists are being fired or not allowed equal opportunities because they object to dispensing medications that cause abortions or death of an individual person, we are doing society and our great State of Wisconsin an injustice. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/repression\/repression024.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the Senate Labour Committee Wisconsin \u00a0Yvonne Klubertanz R.Ph. The physician was adamant that I had to fill whatever he prescribed, even though I explained my conscience would not allow me to do that. He threatened that my supervisor would find out about this, and I feared that my job could be in jeopardy. I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3426\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Testimony of pharmacist re: Wisconsin Senate Bill 21&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,28],"tags":[275,566,786,785],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-3426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-repression-of-conscience","category-usa","tag-pharmacists","tag-physicians","tag-wisconsin","tag-yvonne-klubertanz"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Testimony of pharmacist re: Wisconsin Senate Bill 21 - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=3426\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Testimony of pharmacist re: Wisconsin Senate Bill 21 - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Before the Senate Labour Committee Wisconsin \u00a0Yvonne Klubertanz R.Ph. 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