{"id":9578,"date":"2019-06-18T13:59:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T20:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9578"},"modified":"2019-09-21T14:03:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T21:03:26","slug":"pharmacist-refused-to-give-morning-after-pill-on-a-sunday-for-personal-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9578","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacist refused to give morning after pill on a Sunday \u2018for personal reasons\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>Metro<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Martine Berg Olsen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        A mum was told she couldn\u2019t have emergency contraception because it went against the beliefs of the only pharmacist working that Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        Siani, 41, visited her local LloydsPharmacy at Sainsbury\u2019s on Lewes Road, Brighton, when a female member of staff refused to give her the morning after pill for \u2018personal reasons\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         Knowing that there are not many pharmacies open on a Sunday, Siani ordered the contraception online and paid upfront for collection.  .  . 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Siani, 41, visited her local LloydsPharmacy at Sainsbury\u2019s on Lewes Road, Brighton, when a female member of staff refused to give her the morning after pill for \u2018personal reasons\u2019. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9578\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pharmacist refused to give morning after pill on a Sunday \u2018for personal reasons\u2019&#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":[5,247,9,295,757],"tags":[3278,3778,275],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics","category-morning-after-pill","category-news","category-religious-freedom","category-united-kingdom","tag-general-pharmaceutical-council-gphcuk","tag-lloydspharmacy","tag-pharmacists"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Pharmacist refused to give morning after pill on a Sunday \u2018for personal reasons\u2019 - 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=9578\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pharmacist refused to give morning after pill on a Sunday \u2018for personal reasons\u2019 - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Metro Martine Berg Olsen A mum was told she couldn\u2019t have emergency contraception because it went against the beliefs of the only pharmacist working that Sunday. 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