Pharmacists for Life International <www.pfli.org> is a wonderful, "100% pro-life" group which is deeply involved with the struggle to protect pre-born human life. Tragically, it appears to be the rare pharmacist who makes such this "100% pro-life" commitment. As the rights of conscience of these heroic pharmacists are under attack, they absolutely deserve our allegiance. As per Pope Benedict XVI's October 2007 address to the International Congress of Catholic pharmacists
- "it is not possible to anaesthetize consciences, ...concerning the effects of particles whose purpose is to prevent an embryo's implantation or to shorten a person's life....
- "your Federation is invited to address the issue of conscientious objection, which is a right your profession must recognize....
- It is also your duty to help young people who enter the different pharmaceutical professions to reflect on the increasingly delicate ethical implications of their activities and decisions. To this end, it is important that all Catholic health-care professionals and people of good will join forces to deepen their formation, not only at a technical level but also with regard to bioethical issues, as well as to propose this formation to the profession as a whole" <www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2007/october/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20071029_catholic-pharmacists_en.html>.
