I will not even mention the situation with pharmacists! I know many good, Catholic pharmacists who work in chain stores. They must compromise their conscience constantly in order to hold a job.
I remember vividly a story told by Fr. John Corapi who gave a Retreat somewhere in Florida. After the Retreat, a husband and wife couple, who owned a pharmacy, decided to refuse to fill all prescriptions for birth control pills and to rid their stores of all condoms and such. They almost went out of business until the local Baptist Minister noticed their plight and mentioned it in his Sunday service. In time, the word spread and the couple ended up serving only a Pro Life clientele and had four pharmacies!
In my area, a group of women is trying to get a Pro Life OB/GYN practice to come into the area that only uses NFP and practices the Creighton methods. These folks are as rare as hen's teeth. So far, no luck.
Frank
There would be more doctors with authentically Catholic Ob/Gyn practices if there were more Catholics with authentically Catholic marriages. At least my current Ob., Dr. Something-Polish, hasn't nagged me to have my tubes tied after the delivery!
"I remember vividly a story told by Fr. John Corapi who gave a Retreat somewhere in Florida. After the Retreat, a husband and wife couple, who owned a pharmacy, decided to refuse to fill all prescriptions for birth control pills and to rid their stores of all condoms and such. They almost went out of business until the local Baptist Minister noticed their plight and mentioned it in his Sunday service. In time, the word spread and the couple ended up serving only a Pro Life clientele and had four pharmacies!"
I'm delighted that it worked out for them. Do you have a name? If they fill prescriptions via the internet, that would be great.
The problem with pharmacies is even larger, though, when you consider that insurance companies are often forced to provide contraceptive coverage. That probably filters down to the arrangements they have with pharmacies.
"In my area, a group of women is trying to get a Pro Life OB/GYN practice to come into the area that only uses NFP and practices the Creighton methods. These folks are as rare as hen's teeth. So far, no luck."
I would think that few devout Catholics would be willing to go into OB/GYN in the first place, given that medical schools probably require abortion training.
It would be interesting to see what the Mormons are doing in this area.