Category: Law & courts
“Survey of Young Americans’ Attitudes towards Politics and Public Service”
“Survey of Young Americans’ Attitudes towards Politics and Public Service,” a 2012 study from Harvard University Institute of Politics, asked Americans ages 18 to 29 about their opinions regarding politics and public service.
Muslim Alliance in North America
The Muslim Alliance in North America is a national network of masjids, Muslim organizations and individuals committed to work together to address certain urgent needs within the Muslim community. They are especially concerned with issues affecting indigenous Muslims. Contact: Siraj Wahhaj.
American Finance House: LARIBA
LARIBA is a financing institution that complies with both Islamci Shari’aa law and the United States laws and regulations for financing. They offer housing/mortgage solutions for those interested in taking an Islamic approach to home purchasing.
Valerie J. Vollmar
Valerie J. Vollmar is a law professor at Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Ore. She can speak about how health professionals, including physicians and pharmacists, follow their consciences.
Cathi Herrod
Cathi Herrod is director of policy for the Center for Arizona Policy. The center says it supports “pro-family laws and values.” Contact communications director Aaron Baer.
Ken Baum
Ken Baum, a lawyer in Santa Monica, Calif., argued for a balance between meeting the needs of patients and honoring pharmacists’ moral values in an article he co-wrote with his wife, Julie Cantor, also a lawyer and physician, for the Nov. 4, 2004, New England Journal of Medicine.
Lynn D. Wardle
Lynn D. Wardle, a law professor at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University in Utah, has written a proposed draft of a conscience protection law that states generally that no health care provider should have to provide services that violate his or her moral or religious convictions.
Sandra Johnson
Sandra Johnson is a law professor emerita Saint Louis University. She has written about pain management, care of the dying and nursing homes, and can speak about the ethical challenges they present for health care workers.