[AlguyA]

"Therefore, the government does have certain control over him, as it does over doctors. I think pharmacists should be obligated to fill prescriptions given by licensed doctors."

In this vein, I wise poster once noted:

"Such injustice! History is filled with righteous people being persecuted by the law for their actions. This woman(pharmacist) stands in a long and noble tradition of practitioners of civil disobedience."

[marsh_of_mists]

Then let them engage in civil disobedience, but by doing so they have to accept the legal consequences, that's the idea of civil disobedience.