{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=10421", "Carter sounds alarm on Biden Admin\u2019s pro-abortion threats against pharmacists: \u201cdisastrous consequences\u201d", "2022-07-19", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Earl L. \"Buddy\" Carter", "C001103", "buddycarter.house.gov", "buddycarter", "https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Following last week\u2019s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) guidance warning pharmacists that they may be in violation of civil rights laws if they do no fill prescriptions for elective abortions, Rep. Earl L. \u201cBuddy\u201d Carter (R-GA), a pharmacist by trade, sent a letter highlighting the widespread legal and ethical consequences of the irresponsible guidance.\n\n\u201cWhen I was a practicing pharmacist, my patients trusted that I was relying on my medical expertise when filling prescriptions and only acted in their best interest. If this guidance is enforced that trust will be gone,\u201d said Carter. \u201cBureaucrats need to get out from behind the pharmacy counter.\u201d\n\nIn the letter, Carter urges the Office of Civil Rights Director Lisa Pino to \u201crescind this guidance immediately and allow for our nation\u2019s pharmacists, as qualified health care providers, to utilize their expert professional judgement, acting in the best interests of their patients, their own protected consciences, and established state law.\u201d\n\nRead the full letter here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=10421"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3592969626188278, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}