Pro-Life Nurse-Midwife Who Won’t Prescribe the Pill Sues Family Planning Center

[Eris]

I apologise if this has been posted before, but I haven't seen it and thought that it was relevant in the wake of the hobby lobby threads and speculation as to the possible consequences of that ruling.

Amanda Marcotte
JULY 21 2014 11:43 AM

Is "religious freedom" about being free to practice your faith, or just a generic cover story for any and all attempts to try to foist your beliefs on others? In this era of Hobby Lobby vs. Burwell, it's understandable that many on the right have decided it's the latter and are eager to start testing the limits of how much leverage the expansive new definition of "religious freedom" gives them to meddle with the private contraception choices of others. Next on the docket: Attempting to force family planning centers to hire nurse-midwives who refuse to let patients plan their families, all in the name of "religious freedom."

Full article here: http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/07/21/sara_hellwege_sues_tampa_family_health_centers_pro_life_nurse_says_her_religious.html

[Vicky]

I just have to shake my head in disbelief.  I think the person's state medical license should be up for review on incompetency grounds.  If the job as posted and advertised stated a need to do the prescribing under state law, and she is prevented by any means from meeting that need, she is incompetent, and religion be damned.  Her beliefs make her incompetent for THAT JOB. Merde!!