[Dr. Sivana]

No they don’t get to exercise anything except do the job they get paid to do which is fill prescriptions. That guy could lose his license if a formal complaint is made. The pharmacy could get sued.

That's funny. Complaints have been made in other cases, and it doesn't always work like that. If it does work like that in some jurisdiction, the law should be change to allow a conscience clause. This is FREE Republic. Pharmacists are professionals whose freedom to do right comes from God, not the State.

[oblomov]

There is no moral or ethical basis for a pharmacist, who knows nothing of the patient’s medical condition, to play gatekeeper.

Physicians are sometimes accused of having a god complex- well, an ignorant pharmacist refusing to fill the script is an example of a bureaucratic demon complex.

Count the pills, put them in the bottle, and ring up the purchase. Thank you, Mr. medicine supply chain stock clerk.