Word: feldt
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...American Pharmaceutical Association's code of ethics. Any pharmacist whose personal beliefs prevented him from filling such a prescription must find someone who will. So day-after contraception is available, even if, for business reasons, Preven is not. "We don't care what their motivation is," says Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood, who gives the company good marks for its responsiveness. "Our concern is that women can get emergency contraception...
...critics, Harris' activities amount to eugenics: bribing befuddled women to give up their reproductive rights. "Two hundred dollars could lead these women to make a decision they would later regret," says Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. "It is unethical because they cannot give their informed consent." American Civil Liberties Union lawyers and a host of university bioethics scholars concur, claiming the addicts are insufficiently protected--even by the 30-day consent period and counseling required by law before federal funds can be spent on sterilization...
...limits, even though it's hard to regulate. As a medium for hate speech, the Net may be even more dangerous than print because it can put far-flung movement members in instantaneous contact. "The [Nuremberg] website takes it to even a higher level," says Planned Parenthood president Gloria Feldt. When Buffalo, N.Y., abortion doctor Barnett Slepian was killed last fall, she says, "his picture was crossed out within 15 minutes." But in the end, the Portland case used a single standard for its Internet defendants and those who threatened doctors with low-tech, Old West-style WANTED posters...
...used safely and effectively to avoid pregnancy as late as three days after intercourse. While the action falls short of formal FDA approval, which can be granted only when a manufacturer files an application, it gives unmistakable and official sanction to emergency use. "We're delighted," says Gloria Feldt, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. "We've been using this procedure for many years in our clinics but were not able to publicize it" without FDA sanction...