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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: Leapfrog

He's in the wrong profession. There are many drugs that may cause moral delimmas. Narcotics come to mind.


81 posted on 11/09/2004 9:02:33 AM PST by najida (I shop for my fillet mignon at Walmart.)
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To: Sloth
Then he should, in good conscience & without complaint, suffer whatever legal penalties result.

Well, of course, the law will take its course, but this is a rare man - a man courageous enough to comply with what his conscience requires of him.

82 posted on 11/09/2004 9:03:57 AM PST by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)
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To: Scenic Sounds

Sounds like you need to open a pharmacy so you can employ this idiot.

Of course he's in trouble. The prescription wasn't his to keep.


83 posted on 11/09/2004 9:04:41 AM PST by dmz
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To: Cathryn Crawford
But isn't it the moral right of the pharmacist to take away the right of the woman to prevent contraception?

Absolutely not. That is unless she is his child/dependent.

84 posted on 11/09/2004 9:05:25 AM PST by freeeee ("Owning" property in the US just means you have one less landlord.)
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To: jwalsh07

"Utopia? Is that west of Baghdad?"


Not for very much longer, hopefully!


85 posted on 11/09/2004 9:06:08 AM PST by Blzbba (Conservative Republican - Less gov't, less spending, less intrusion.)
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To: EggsAckley
Are you a troll, or are you just trying to make FR look like a bunch of lunatics?

Is this really the first time you've come into contact with a man like this pharmacist - a man who will follow his conscience regardless of the consequences?

None of this should shock you. It's not like he killed anyone, is it? ;-)

86 posted on 11/09/2004 9:06:31 AM PST by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)
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To: freeeee

He shouldn't have kept the prescription but that isn't the salient point. The question is do pharmacist, doctors etc. have a right to refuse to participate in what they see as the detruction of human life. I think the answer to that is clear. Of course they do.


87 posted on 11/09/2004 9:06:37 AM PST by jwalsh07
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To: freeeee

So you're saying that the moral convictions of one person should not extend so far as to take away the rights of other people?


88 posted on 11/09/2004 9:06:39 AM PST by Cathryn Crawford (¿Podemos ahora sonreír?)
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To: Scenic Sounds

"...but this is a rare man - a man courageous enough to comply with what his conscience requires of him."

This man is a whack job who by this time tomorrow will be portrayed by the MSM as the new face of "the evangelical right wing" who elected "W" in '04.


89 posted on 11/09/2004 9:08:09 AM PST by blaquebyrd
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To: Scenic Sounds

Yes. He's killed one of our most important rights: the RIGHT TO PERSONAL PROPERTY.

If that right doesn't mean anything to YOU, then I suggest you pack your bags and head for Iran.

Personally, I think this whole thread should be pulled. It's becoming fodder for ridicule from the DUers.


90 posted on 11/09/2004 9:09:21 AM PST by EggsAckley (........"LIBERATE YOUR INNER BONOBO".........)
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To: blaquebyrd
This man is a whack job

I think that if we sat down with him and heard his story, his reasons for doing what he did, we'd perhaps be in a better position to judge his conscience.

91 posted on 11/09/2004 9:10:07 AM PST by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)
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To: EggsAckley

I agree.


92 posted on 11/09/2004 9:10:20 AM PST by najida (I shop for my fillet mignon at Walmart.)
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To: jwalsh07
The question is do pharmacist, doctors etc. have a right to refuse to participate in what they see as the detruction of human life. I think the answer to that is clear. Of course they do.

I agree and go even further. They don't have to participate in anything they don't agree with, for any reason or no reason at all. But they do have to give the prescription back, they don't own it.

And if their customers don't like it, they can go elsewhere.

93 posted on 11/09/2004 9:10:58 AM PST by freeeee ("Owning" property in the US just means you have one less landlord.)
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To: Cathryn Crawford
So you're saying that the moral convictions of one person should not extend so far as to take away the rights of other people?

That is exactly what I'm saying.

94 posted on 11/09/2004 9:11:47 AM PST by freeeee ("Owning" property in the US just means you have one less landlord.)
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To: jwalsh07

A pharmacist is not a doctor.

There is an upside to this. Another thread today mentioned a Catholic based health plan that operates in accordance with Catholic teaching - no abortion or contraceptives to be paid for. Maybe they'll open a pharmacy where this guy can get a job.

When one's values don't permit you to do the job for which you are being paid, get a different job. It certainly is not this individual's place to make the call as to what will and will not be filled.

The post hoping that their pharmacist not become a Christian Scientist was hilarious, and illustrative of the problem with working someplace in conflict with your values.

What's next, a PETA member working at McDonalds and refusing to serve any meat?


95 posted on 11/09/2004 9:12:25 AM PST by dmz
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To: najida

Thank you. I was beginning to feel like the Lone Ranger in LaLa Land.


96 posted on 11/09/2004 9:12:36 AM PST by EggsAckley (........"LIBERATE YOUR INNER BONOBO".........)
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To: freeeee

So it is your belief that no one has the right to impose their own moral beliefs on other people?

Think about that before you answer it.


97 posted on 11/09/2004 9:14:59 AM PST by Cathryn Crawford (¿Podemos ahora sonreír?)
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To: jwalsh07
There is no difference between a doctor and a pharmacist in this country.

Are you sure you want to stand by that statement?

That Constitution guarantees the right to freely exercise religion.

It does no such thing.

If a pharmacist or a doctor has beliefs that inhibit them from destroying human life, then they are free to exercise their rights and not do that.

If through employment negotiations they arrived at an agreement that they will not have to dispense medicines they find objectionable, fine. If they do not have such an agreement with their employer they have 3 choices: Quit, dispense the medicine, start their own business and run as they see fit.

98 posted on 11/09/2004 9:15:14 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Advantages are taken, not handed out)
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To: EggsAckley
Yes. He's killed one of our most important rights: the RIGHT TO PERSONAL PROPERTY.

Let the law take its course, and have confidence that this pharmacist does not have the power to kill the right to personal property in this country.

If that right doesn't mean anything to YOU, then I suggest you pack your bags and head for Iran.

I can't even consider that! I have a ten o'clock tee time tomorrow. ;-)

99 posted on 11/09/2004 9:15:53 AM PST by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)
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To: EggsAckley
I feel like after the election we are being watched more than ever now. We just need to use discretion.
100 posted on 11/09/2004 9:16:02 AM PST by najida (I shop for my fillet mignon at Walmart.)
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