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Druggists refuse to give out pill
USA Today, via Yahoo ^ | Charisse Jones, USA TODAY

Posted on 11/09/2004 8:23:53 AM PST by Michael Goldsberry

Edited on 11/09/2004 8:39:31 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: Modernman

A doctor opposing abortions would of course seek a job at an abortion clinic... NOT!


261 posted on 11/09/2004 10:28:20 AM PST by Pitiricus
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To: Cathryn Crawford
So you don't believe that someone's moral rights come before someone else's legal rights?

No, I don't. If they did, Muslim terrorists would be free to murder indifels without being punished. After all, their morality calls for them to violate infidels' legal right to not be blown up.

262 posted on 11/09/2004 10:29:01 AM PST by Modernman (Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J.)
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To: laredo44
because you forgot to change the oil

What kind of oil should I change to?

263 posted on 11/09/2004 10:29:21 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Advantages are taken, not handed out)
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To: Scenic Sounds

Yes, government has played a big role in aviation. But words mean things. And "created" has a specific meaning. And government did not "create" aviation.


264 posted on 11/09/2004 10:30:34 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Advantages are taken, not handed out)
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To: Modernman
"However, a doctor does not have the right to steal your car to prevent you from having an abortion"

And a K-Mart salesperson does not have the right to refuse to sell you ammunition to prevent you from killing someone?

"Billy Cowart and Julie Elaine Cowart, individually and as representatives of the Estate of Richard Glenn Cowart, Deceased (collectively, the Cowarts), sued Kmart Corporation (Kmart) for negligently selling ammunition to Manuel Carrasco and James Gabriel that another person, Leonard Bell, used to shoot and kill Richard Cowart."
-- Cowart v. Kmart Corp., ___ S.W.3d ___ (Tex.App.-Dallas [5th Dist.] 2000)

The old, "Damned if you do and damned if you don't", huh?

265 posted on 11/09/2004 10:31:06 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: Pitiricus
You are a troll.

You opened this screen name a long time ago but just recently started to post. It's an old trick. All your posts are liberal. You have been outed by the best TROLL detective on FR.

You will be gone soon and posting under a different name. Watch and learn


266 posted on 11/09/2004 10:31:27 AM PST by Protagoras (Pedophiles are pedophiles, even if they are female.)
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To: Bella_Bru
I'm looking at several news items right now, and see that the Yahoo story conveniently left out the fact that CVS has a policy that allows pharmacists to refuse to dispense birth control pills if it is against their religious beliefs.

Yes, Bella_Bru, I do realize that your point of contention is that they refused to give her back her prescription.

267 posted on 11/09/2004 10:33:26 AM PST by He Rides A White Horse (unite)
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To: Modernman
Unless his employer allowed him to opt out of filling scripts for birth control or there was a law that allowed him to do so, he would be required to fill all prescriptions.

If his job description required him to dispense abortaficants, then I would tend to agree he may have breached his employment contract. I'm unwilling to jump to the conclusion in the absence of evidence that he breached his employment contract.

On the other hand I am sure that pharmacists have the discretion to refuse to fill prescriptions for a wide range of reasons. To suggest that they have a unqualified duty to fill any script handed to them is unreasonable.

268 posted on 11/09/2004 10:33:26 AM PST by JCEccles
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To: Modernman

You're right. Religion calls for the person to renounce other ties and place them above everything else. This is why we have the people on this website that believe that stealing or other illegalities are all right if it prevents something that they find immoral.


269 posted on 11/09/2004 10:34:32 AM PST by Cathryn Crawford (¿Podemos ahora sonreír?)
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To: vikk

Ha hahahahahahahahahah! Very funny!
You know what is even more amusing is the thought of a Christian Scientist with appendicitis!


270 posted on 11/09/2004 10:34:50 AM PST by mdmathis6
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To: Pitiricus
Funny, I represent the vast majority

That sounds like one of Michael Moore's discredited lines.

271 posted on 11/09/2004 10:35:06 AM PST by JCEccles
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To: robertpaulsen
And a K-Mart salesperson does not have the right to refuse to sell you ammunition to prevent you from killing someone?

If K-Mart knew you would use the ammo to go murder someone, then they have a moral duty not to sell it to you. However, they should not be legally prevented from doing so nor should they be held liable if you go kill your wife.

It's only because of guys like John Edwards that a company can be sued for selling a legal product that is later used illegally.

272 posted on 11/09/2004 10:35:36 AM PST by Modernman (Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J.)
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To: Protagoras
"But the part about him refusing to fill it is well within his rights."

The prescription allows her to do something he considers morally offensive. To you, that's grounds for not filling it, but not grounds for retaining it?

How do you justify this?

273 posted on 11/09/2004 10:36:28 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: Pitiricus
I have never tried to impose my values on anyone. Neither would I if I refused to fill a prescription.

Now, enjoy the time you have left on this forum. You are toast.

274 posted on 11/09/2004 10:36:42 AM PST by Protagoras (Pedophiles are pedophiles, even if they are female.)
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To: buffyt
I wonder if that same druggist sells condoms and Viagra????

Irrelevant. The issue does not concern sex, and is unlikely to concern birth control generally.

The specific problem is that the pill is an abortafacient (I probably misspelled that). This means that the pill does not prevent conception, but prevents the fertilized egg from attaching to the uterus. If one holds the position that life begins at conception then there is little logical difference between this and abortion.

Indecently, the article is wrong about RU486 concerning a similar issue. RU486 does not prevent fertilization, it causes the expulsion of the fertilized egg even if it has already attached. Again, the destruction of life.

I agree that the woman should have been given back her script, but I disagree that pharmacists should be forced to choose between keeping their jobs and abiding by their morals.

I am also rather surprised that so many here are presumably aligned with John Kerry on this. Unrestricted fetal stem cell research is opposed by President Bush because fertilized eggs (people) will be destroyed in the process. One can argue all day as to when life begins, but if the instant is unknown then should we not support the safest course?

275 posted on 11/09/2004 10:37:06 AM PST by 70times7 (An open mind is a cesspool of thought)
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To: Pitiricus
because the 1st amendment is also important!

You have a right to speak. You have no right to demand that government force me to agree with you.

276 posted on 11/09/2004 10:37:21 AM PST by JCEccles
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To: JCEccles
On the other hand I am sure that pharmacists have the discretion to refuse to fill prescriptions for a wide range of reasons. To suggest that they have a unqualified duty to fill any script handed to them is unreasonable.

That's correct. If a doctor prescribes somethiing that would negatively interact with a drug the patient is already taking, the pharmacist is required to contact the doctor and not fill the script until the problem is sorted out. There are other exceptions, too.

277 posted on 11/09/2004 10:37:55 AM PST by Modernman (Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J.)
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To: Protagoras

False... But then I guess you are not used to have other in the conservative camp not share your values...

A pity!


278 posted on 11/09/2004 10:38:21 AM PST by Pitiricus
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To: Phantom Lord
Again, I have to agree with you. Creation is perhaps the most important of words and I wasn't using it very carefully. ;-)
279 posted on 11/09/2004 10:38:43 AM PST by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)
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To: steplock

So what is your justification for the pharmicist keeping her personal property?


280 posted on 11/09/2004 10:38:53 AM PST by UsnDadof8 (Proudly defending the Dems right to stupidity since 1987)
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