To: Leapfrog
In Madison, Wis., a pharmacist faces possible disciplinary action by the state pharmacy board for refusing to transfer a woman's prescription for birth-control pills to another druggist or to give the slip back to her. He would not refill it because of his religious views.Consider this pharmacist's choices when he had the woman's prescription in his hands. Obviously, if he gave it back to her, she'd just have it filled somewhere else. Now they're punishing him for not giving it back to her!
8 posted on
11/09/2004 8:31:19 AM PST by
Scenic Sounds
(Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)
To: Scenic Sounds
Now they're punishing him for not giving it back to her! Uh, no offense, but IT'S HER PROPERTY, not his.
11 posted on
11/09/2004 8:33:12 AM PST by
EggsAckley
(........"LIBERATE YOUR INNER BONOBO".........)
To: Scenic Sounds
What is your point? That he has a right to decide whether or not this woman may or may not use birth control? It wasn't his prescription. If he doesn't want to fill it, what right does he have to keep it? Bizarre.
To: Scenic Sounds
But he has to give it back to her. He can refuse to fill the script, but he cannot refuse her the right to go elsewhere to have it filled. These are birth control pills.
To: Scenic Sounds
"Now they're punishing him for not giving it back to her!"
As they should. His job isn't to legislate his version of morality - it's to dispense pharmaceuticals.
He should be fired.
18 posted on
11/09/2004 8:34:59 AM PST by
Blzbba
(Conservative Republican - Less gov't, less spending, less intrusion.)
To: Scenic Sounds
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.
22 posted on
11/09/2004 8:35:59 AM PST by
mysterio
To: Scenic Sounds
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...
31 posted on
11/09/2004 8:38:02 AM PST by
freeeee
("Owning" property in the US just means you have one less landlord.)
To: Scenic Sounds
Now they're punishing him for not giving it back to her! As well they should. It is a legal product and she has a prescription for it.
If he personally doesn't want to fill the prescription he can give it back to her and she can take it to someone who will. Just when did he suddenly acquire the right to steal her property? When did he acquire the right to make moral judgements for her?
To: Scenic Sounds
Now they're punishing him for not giving it back to her! As well they should.
60 posted on
11/09/2004 8:50:54 AM PST by
Sloth
("Rather is TV's real-life Ted Baxter, without Baxter's quiet dignity." -- Ann Coulter)
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
To: Scenic Sounds
Consider this pharmacist's choices when he had the woman's prescription in his hands. Obviously, if he gave it back to her, she'd just have it filled somewhere else. And if he didn't give it back, she'd just go back to the doctor and get another, so he should have stolen her car, and perhaps shot her in the kneecaps.
104 posted on
11/09/2004 9:20:27 AM PST by
Sloth
("Rather is TV's real-life Ted Baxter, without Baxter's quiet dignity." -- Ann Coulter)
To: Scenic Sounds
To: Scenic Sounds
Now they're punishing him for not giving it back to her! As they should. She paid for the prescription. His keeping it is theft.
390 posted on
11/09/2004 11:43:20 AM PST by
jimt
To: Scenic Sounds
Obviously, if he gave it back to her, she'd just have it filled somewhere else. Now they're punishing him for not giving it back to her! You're going to get flamed for that. A lot of people here can't detect obvious sarcasrm.
417 posted on
11/09/2004 12:11:52 PM PST by
Oztrich Boy
(They have a saying in Chicago Mr Bond once happenstance, twice coincidence, three times enemy action)
To: Scenic Sounds
Here is a religious belief analogy for you.
Should a jewish person who works at McDonalds be allowed to refuse to sell cheeseburgers because they don't believe in mixing dairy with beef?
524 posted on
11/11/2004 11:08:26 AM PST by
Phantom Lord
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