{"id":7439,"date":"2017-06-22T09:12:24","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T16:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7439"},"modified":"2018-03-05T22:46:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T06:46:54","slug":"conscience-win-for-christian-pharmacists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7439","title":{"rendered":"Conscience win for Christian pharmacists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author\">The Christian Institute<\/p>\n<p>Christian pharmacists will remain free to do their jobs in line with their consciences after regulators published new guidance recognising the &#8220;positive&#8221; role of religion.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier draft guidance by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) could have forced Christians to provide access to abortifacient or hormone-blocking drugs.<\/p>\n<p>The guidance now states: &#8220;Pharmacy professionals have the right to practise in line with their religion, personal values or beliefs&#8221;. The changes were made after The Christian Institute threatened the GPhC with legal action and hundreds of Christian professionals raised objections. . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christian.org.uk\/news\/conscience-win-christian-pharmacists\/\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Christian Institute Christian pharmacists will remain free to do their jobs in line with their consciences after regulators published new guidance recognising the &#8220;positive&#8221; role of religion. Earlier draft guidance by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) could have forced Christians to provide access to abortifacient or hormone-blocking drugs. The guidance now states: &#8220;Pharmacy professionals &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7439\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Conscience win for Christian pharmacists&#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":[643,1185,33,9,295,757],"tags":[2577,699,3278,275],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity-catholicism","category-christianity-non-catholic","category-codes-of-ethics","category-news","category-religious-freedom","category-united-kingdom","tag-christian-institute","tag-christian-medical-fellowship","tag-general-pharmaceutical-council-gphcuk","tag-pharmacists"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Conscience win for Christian pharmacists - 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=7439\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conscience win for Christian pharmacists - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Christian Institute Christian pharmacists will remain free to do their jobs in line with their consciences after regulators published new guidance recognising the &#8220;positive&#8221; role of religion. 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