Posted on 05/03/2005 5:33:17 AM PDT by wallcrawlr
Rebecca Polzin walked into a drugstore in Glencoe, Minn., last month to fill a prescription for birth control. A routine request. Or so she thought.
Minutes later, Polzin left furious and empty-handed. She said the pharmacist on duty refused to help her. "She kept repeating the same line: 'I won't fill it for moral reasons,' " Polzin said.
Earlier this year, Adriane Gilbert called a pharmacy in Richfield to ask if her birth-control prescription was ready. She said the person who answered told her to go elsewhere because he was opposed to contraception. "I was shocked," Gilbert said. "I had no idea what to do."
The two women have become part of an emotional debate emerging across the country: Should a pharmacist's moral views trump a woman's reproductive rights?
No one knows how many pharmacists in Minnesota or nationwide are declining to fill contraceptive prescriptions. But both sides in the debate say they are hearing more reports of such incidents -- and they predict that conflicts at drugstore counters are bound to increase.
"Five years ago, we didn't have evidence of this, and we would have been dumbfounded to see it," said Sarah Stoesz, president of Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. "We're not dumbfounded now. We're very concerned about what's happening."
But M. Casey Mattox of the Center for Law and Religious Freedom said it is far more disturbing to see pharmacists under fire for their religious beliefs than it is to have women inconvenienced by taking their prescription to another drugstore. He also said that laws have long shielded doctors opposed to abortion from having to take part in the procedure.
"The principle here is precisely the same," Mattox said.
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Perfect non-abortive contraception would indeed limit procreation to those who were prepared for it. Of course, by then, we will all be sterlized anyway and babies will be made in labs. Or at the very least, undesireables will be forced to be sterile.
So there are very dangerous consequences from the development of such perfect technologies.
SD
Thanks for backing me up. As a protestant, I don't get that much. :)
And your point is?
Recreational sex is the only benefit of a drug that kills innocent, unwitting people that didn't take the durg themselves.
That's certainly one perspective. I don't have a problem with "killing" an embryo that is no bigger than the period at the end of this sentence.
In fact, I really have no problem with first trimester abortions, either. They seem to be a good compromise in the abortion battle.
If my taking an aspirin could potentially kill you, your tune might change.
From a policy point of view? No. If the benefits of Aspirin outweighed the downsides (even if the downsides include the death of innocent bystanders) I would still support its use.
Do you support a ban on automobiles because drunk drivers kill thousands of innocent people every year?
Sure. Many, many people are irresponsible when it comes to their use of birth control.
(Rolls eyes) Right. Better contraceptives will lead to a fascist state right out of "Brave New World."
So there are very dangerous consequences from the development of such perfect technologies
Not really.
You are naive if you think reproductive technology is the only technology that will not be used for evil purposes.
SD
IF you see no problem with killing a child (first trimester babies actually look like babies- not just periods at the end of sentences), then there is no point in talking with you.
Normally, pro-aborts are sympathetic as the children get larger, but clearly you are equal opportunity destruction for all being who can't defend themselves.
I hate to break your heart, but there's something you need to know:
SEX CAUSES BABIES. Not the incorrect use of birth control. I can use birth control incorrectly all I want and not get pregnant without having sex.
Unprotected sex causes babies.
Upwards of 80% of the babies aborted were concieved with
"protected sex." Planned Parenthood, to whom you bow, this is their own research, not something I made up.
If more people had protected sex, more sex would be had- more chances to concieve- more babies...dead or alive.
These are the facts.
It would seem that these women did not practice proper protected sex. They were irresponsible.
I've known women who have had abortions. None of them were the responsible types who took their pill every day or required their boyfriend to always use a condom.
Ever heard of a "failure rate?"
Screwing whoever you want when you're not prepared for the potential consequences is hardly "responsible."
Taking a pill regularly or insisting on latex isn't 'reponsibile' either. Sex has natural consequences. Responsibility is accepting those consequences rather than trying to thwart nature.
I am very responsible and I've never been pregnant or compromised my health or self-respect.
Okay, I've never ever used the Taliban line. And I do not apologize for hoping people will care about babies after they are born. If you do not care what kind of life a child has, that is very cold.
I am okay with early abortions. Would be better if they don't happen, sure. If you want me to, I'll say I like to kill babies. I DO NOT AGREE WITH YOU. Sorry.
Sure. And if everyone was responsible when it came to birth control, we would have a lot fewer abortions. The vast majority of women that I know who are responsible about their birth control and that are sexually active have no need for abortions.
I am very responsible and I've never been pregnant or compromised my health or self-respect.
Good for you. That's my point exactly. People should take charge of their fertility.
Um...no, I take charge of my BEHAVIOR. My fertility is a blessing- not something I need to whip into submission.
Why do you not understand that it's perfectly acceptable to NOT be a whore?
Thanks, some folks just want to be angry.
I tried!
How is it abortive when there is no chance of fertilization? How about a woman who is abstaining from sex who takes the pill?
If an egg does not become fertilized, how can there be an abortion?
As do people who are careful about their birth control.
Why do you not understand that it's perfectly acceptable to NOT be a whore?
Other than strippers, I've only known one or two real-life whores.
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