Druggists refuse to give out pill

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[aliquis]

That pharmacist is a plain retard. Their job is to fill a prescription. If they disagree with their job on the moral or religious grounds, why not just quit. All those fanatics achieve is to supply some extra ammo to the left.

[mysterio]

He should find another line of work. It's not up to the employee to determine the morality of a prescription. Without the pill, the demand for surgical abortion will skyrocket. I don't think that pro life or pro choice Americans want to see that happen. Pharmacists and doctors refusing to give or fill needed prescriptions is a trend that needs to stop immediately.

[LizardQueen]

It's this kind of thing that gives credence to the leftists' aguement the right is a bunch of conservative freaks.

Exactly.

LQ

[Jaded]

Then how did she get it filled two days later?

[Pitiricus]

I quite agree... The pharmacist hasn't the right to impose his/her values...

[Scenic Sounds]

Uh, no offense, but IT'S HER PROPERTY, not his.

I think we can all agree that sometimes property rights just have to take a back seat. ;-)

[Blzbba]

"Doctors job is to kill unborn babies, not to moralize or judge. "


Whatever. This assclown is a pharmacist, NOT a Dr.

And birth control pills don't "kill unborn babies" - they prevent conception of babies that yours and my tax dollars would eventually pay for the raising of. No 'death' occurs.

[Pitiricus]

Well, condoms are not prescribed, so it wouldn't work!

[Blzbba]

"I think we can all agree that sometimes property rights just have to take a back seat. ;-)"


So now we've become the party of Gov't Control of Personal Decisions? I thought we were for LESS gov't?

[EggsAckley]

I think we can all agree that sometimes property rights just have to take a back seat. ;-)

Maybe on YOUR planet, not on MINE.

[freeeee]

Obviously, if he gave it back to her, she'd just have it filled somewhere else.

What business is that if his?

Now they're punishing him for not giving it back to her!

Um, he stole her property...

[Abathar]

These are just isolated cases that will be dealt with by the owners or managment of the pharmacies. The original reason the laws were enacted were because a lot of small town pharmacists knew who were Dr. shopping or which Dr's were just signing the scripts for extra cash. The right of refusal should still be there, when a guy comes in with his weekly script for Oxycontin and valium they should have the right to refuse him or make arrangements with his Dr. to confirm. Too bad a lot of pharmacists are on the other end of the spectrum and will give the stuff out like candy if they can make a buck.

[mlocher]

Some pharmacists, however, disagree and refuse on moral grounds to fill prescriptions for contraceptives. And states from Rhode Island to Washington have proposed laws that would protect such decisions.

if you do not like doing what your company is paying you to do, find a different job. from my perspective it is immoral to accept a pay check when you have not fulfilled your end of the bargain.

[Pitiricus]

He also should be barred from doing the same somewhere else!

[Blzbba]

"That is why we have our SECOND AMENDMENT to protect us from TYRANICAL GOVERNMENTS (mainly our own if need be)"

Agreed - that was the intention of the FFs.


So..if a tyrannical gov't decides to start imposing its morality on us, does the 2nd Amendment apply?

[kx9088]

I wonder if that same druggist sells condoms and Viagra????

Yeah, right...unless it's the pharmacist's private company, they should do as the owners tell them, or they can find a new job. And it would be completely contradictory standing there telling your customer you won't issue them birth-control pills while on the public side of the counter is 100 boxes of Trojans. If you are going to go that far then you better go the distance otherwise you end up looking like an idiot.

[Jaded]

My OB/GYN REFUSES to do abortions. Should he find another line of work because patients might want/demand a service he does not provide?

[BulletBobCo]

1: Law Med Health Care. 1992 Fall;20(3):220-3. Related Articles, Links


Do pharmacists have a right to refuse to fill prescriptions for abortifacient drugs?

Weinstein BD.

PIP: Some pharmacists opposed to abortion on moral ground are concerned by having to fill prescriptions for abortifacient drugs like mifepristone (RU-486). The issue of the right of pharmacists to refuse to fill such prescriptions depends on the model of the physician-pharmacist-patient relationship. The libertarian model of pharmacy practice holds that physicians, pharmacists, and patients are bound only by the contract that they freely negotiate with one another, thus the pharmacist has no moral obligation to fill a prescription for mifepristone unless he or she has expressly contracted to do so. The American Pharmaceutical Association's 1981 Code of Ethics does not specify what a pharmacist ought to do in particular circumstances. The right to refuse is strongly supported by the principles of nonmaleficence and respect for autonomy. These are principles of the libertarian model of the pharmacist-patient relationship but are also present in the guild or societal models stressing the duty to avoid harming others. Justification for pharmacists right of refusal appeals to their autonomy rights as members of the moral community rather than the profession of pharmacy. Since the professional right to autonomy is not absolute, moral consideration circumscribe it: it is difficult to argue that a pharmacist who believes that homosexuality is immoral has the right to refuse to fill a prescription for AZT. Even if a person who presents such a prescription is homosexual there is no causal relationship between filling a prescription for AZT and participating in a homosexual act. At the opposite end the libertarians reject the notion of even a basic right to health care. A woman in the above situation would not have a right to the abortifacient drug, so a pharmacist has no duty to dispense it. According to the technician model of professionalism, the pharmacist's personal values do not matter, so a pharmacist has a duty to provide the service.

PMID: 1434764 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

[freeeee]

"I think we can all agree that sometimes property rights just have to take a back seat."

[chs68]

"Pharmacists job is to fill the Prescription, not to moralize or judge."

Surely you would not want to deny another person is or her right to choose, would you?

I mean, why should a pharmacist not be allowed the right to choose?