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Walgreen Disciplines 4 Pharmacists (Religious Rights Alert!)
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| November 30, 2005
Posted on 12/02/2005 8:56:52 AM PST by NYer
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To: Fawn
don't tell others what they can or cannot do30 years ago, my Catholic obstetrician would not perform a tubal ligation.
Should he have lost his job, or should I have gone to another doctor?
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posted on
12/02/2005 11:18:08 AM PST
by
syriacus
(There oughtta be a law -- that the image of every pill sold in the US is on one government website)
To: syriacus
"But.. can't the person with the prescription more easily go to another pharmacy?"
I fully agree that is the logical and just choice --- freedom to not sell and freedom to chose where one shops.
Unfortunately, we are dealing with a stupid law that says all phamasists in IL must sell the abortion pill.
122
posted on
12/02/2005 11:18:40 AM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: JohnnyZ
they shouldn't be selling abortion drugs in the first place.According to whom? You?
123
posted on
12/02/2005 11:19:59 AM PST
by
mhking
(The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
To: TheDon
As I recall from an earlier article, Illinois law allows pharmacists to refuse to fill a prescription to which they have religious/moral objections. As you may have gathered from reading other replies on this thread, the governor recently issued an "emergency rule" eliminating making it illegal for a pharmacist to exercise such right of refusal.
124
posted on
12/02/2005 11:21:55 AM PST
by
JohnnyZ
(Veterans' Day. Enough said.)
To: syriacus
Is it logical to assume that
Illinois pornographers will soon be insisting that the corner news agencies carry their latest magazines,
(if customers want them)
or relocate to another state.
?
125
posted on
12/02/2005 11:22:51 AM PST
by
syriacus
(There oughtta be a law -- that the image of every pill sold in the US is on one government website)
To: MeanWestTexan
we are dealing with a stupid law that says all phamasists in IL must sell the abortion pill.Sounds like fascism.
126
posted on
12/02/2005 11:23:59 AM PST
by
syriacus
(There oughtta be a law -- that the image of every pill sold in the US is on one government website)
To: mhking
I'm not saying that what the state has done is right or not If you can't say whether what the state has done is right or not, you are definitely not a conservative.
127
posted on
12/02/2005 11:26:12 AM PST
by
JohnnyZ
(Veterans' Day. Enough said.)
To: MeanWestTexan
Go work for (or own) a pharmacy that shares your views.In Illinois, that mean you would have to work for (or own) a pharmacy that sells no birth control.
From the article:
A rule imposed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich in April requires Illinois pharmacies that sell contraceptives approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to fill prescriptions for emergency birth control.
128
posted on
12/02/2005 11:30:09 AM PST
by
syriacus
(There oughtta be a law -- that the image of every pill sold in the US is on one government website)
To: syriacus
129
posted on
12/02/2005 11:30:43 AM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: mhking
According to whom? You? Unless the great puppeteer in the sky is working my fingers, then yes, I'm the one who types my own posts.
Companies should do the right moral thing. Is that so difficult a concept to understand? Upholding high legal, ethical, and yes, moral standards may cost you in the short run but it's definitely the right thing to do and usually pays off in the long run.
Or they could be like Wachovia, which apologized recently because one of its distant historic corporate antecedents owned slaves.
130
posted on
12/02/2005 11:36:51 AM PST
by
JohnnyZ
(Veterans' Day. Enough said.)
Comment #131 Removed by Moderator
(The Wachovia thing was pretty ridiculous, but the point is past moral failings, even if legal, follow companies for a long time.)
132
posted on
12/02/2005 11:42:39 AM PST
by
JohnnyZ
(Veterans' Day. Enough said.)
To: syriacus
Yes, or leave Illinois to practice for a state that does not legislate its morals (or lack thereof) onto its people.
133
posted on
12/02/2005 11:43:01 AM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: MeanWestTexan
leave Illinois to practice for a state that does not legislate its morals (or lack thereof) onto its people. That's what laws are, legislated morals (or lack thereof). The frequently-stated opposition to "legislating morals" is a preposterous anti-morality catchphrase used to attack conservatives as Bible-thumping theocrats. The correct view is that laws should reflect good morals, rather than being immoral or amoral.
134
posted on
12/02/2005 11:50:47 AM PST
by
JohnnyZ
(Veterans' Day. Enough said.)
To: NYer
(AP) Walgreen Co., the nation's largest drugstore chain by revenue, said it has put four Illinois pharmacists in the St. Louis area on unpaid leave for refusing to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception!That makes no more sense legally than if certain gun manufacturers would suspend their workers if they refused to shoot to kill all customers who wouldn't buy their company's guns but would buy other gun makers product.
135
posted on
12/02/2005 11:53:00 AM PST
by
VOYAGER
(M<)
To: JohnnyZ
Under "emergency conditions", I doubt anyone will be running into a pharmacy under such conditions. I wonder if anyone has challenged the legality of the governor's diktat.
136
posted on
12/02/2005 11:53:47 AM PST
by
TheDon
(The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
To: MineralMan
"
One refusal by Walgreen's to fill a prescription for either of us would instantly result in our transferring our prescriptions to another pharmacy. It would also cost that Walgreen's the multiple prescriptions of my wife'd parents, who are in their 80s and take lots and lots of meds."
Would you feel the same way if one Walgreen's pharmacist were to tell you that, in order to have a prescription filled right away, you would have to go to another near-by Walgrren's?
137
posted on
12/02/2005 12:04:43 PM PST
by
chs68
To: King of Florida
"
By this same logic, Target should be on your go-to list. In contrast to Walgreen's, Target has refused to require that its pharmacists fill prescriptions for emergency contraceptives if the pharmacist feels such an act conflicts with his religious beliefs."
I think I am correct that any Target store within Illinois would not be able to refuse to require its pharmacists to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception.
The law of Illinois does not allow pharmacies within the state of Illinois to have such a policy.
Walgreen's has complied with the law -- even though, apparently, they wished to allow the pharmacists who work for them to exercise their religious beliefs.
138
posted on
12/02/2005 12:09:55 PM PST
by
chs68
To: TheDon
"
I wonder if anyone has challenged the legality of the governor's diktat."
It is my understanding that the four pharmacists suspended by Walgreen's will be challenging the legality of the Illinois law.
139
posted on
12/02/2005 12:12:41 PM PST
by
chs68
Comment #140 Removed by Moderator
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