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"Sorry, but that's not necessarily how employment works. If the pharmacist has it in his contract that he doesn't have to sell such products, then thats a different issue because then accomodations are made as a condition of employment. What ever happened to a business owner deciding what is to be sold in his own store? And why would a pharmacist want to work for someone who provides such materials. Is the cashier at 7-11 obligated to sell the porn that's behind the counter? What about the employee at a grocery store who believes alcohol consumption, or even caffiene consumption, is immoral and against their religous beliefs? Can they refuse service to customers? What about a bartender who finds alcohol religiously or morally wrong? Does he serve only virgin drinks? All of these people know what they will be selling before they get their jobs and should have made their decisions accordingly. The patient is FREE as well to choose another Pharmacist.

The pharmacist wasn't forced to be a pharmacist and was fully aware of what the profession entailed. He could have chosen another line of work."

Once again, I doubt very much that the store owner would dare push the hot button moral/religious issue here and seek to compel an employee to kill a baby. No way, no how is an employer going to incur the adverse legal/financial/publicity effects of such an issue. We aren't talking about compelling someone to sell porn who isn't morally in agreement with it. We ARE talikng about forcing someone to commit murder; there is a WORLD of difference.

The practice of Pharmacy is a wonderful profession with many rewarding aspects. However, in NO profession is anyone compelled to violate their moral beliefs. Some physicians prescribe the morning after pill, some do not. A physician who does not is not a bad physician, nor should he have chosen another field of work. He just says NO to that particular aspect of the job. So is a pharmacist free to say NO to an aspe ct of his job that violates his religious beliefs. A physician knows that patients will then go to someone else to get their "morning after pill". The Pharmacist who refuses to murder a baby knows the patient will get it elsewhere; both the Pharmacist and the patient have exercised their rights, and their freedoms to choose.