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Austin prohibits Walgreens from refusing to fill prescriptions
The Houston Chronicle ^
| August 18, 2005
| Lisa Falkenburg
Posted on 08/19/2005 2:24:44 AM PDT by hocndoc
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How is it that this is such a private decision and activity that the rights of so many other people - in large groups, as thought they give up their individual identities and rights - must be restricted in advance and by laws and regulations?
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posted on
08/19/2005 2:24:46 AM PDT
by
hocndoc
To: hocndoc
"This program was a unique situation, and that's why we agreed to the provision," Polzin said. "I wouldn't see any reason that this would go beyond the single program." Ho, boy, they will find out soon enough that they are SO wrong.
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posted on
08/19/2005 2:29:47 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
To: hocndoc; MHGinTN; Mr. Silverback; Coleus; cpforlife.org; narses; neverdem
I've commented on this in my blog
LifeEthics.org. Wonder how the citizens of Austin feel about the City paying for this? I still can't figure out why the PP clinics, ER's and even the city clinics don't dispense the med themselves if it's such an "emergency." And if they want to keep things "private."
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posted on
08/19/2005 2:32:58 AM PDT
by
hocndoc
(Choice is the # 1 killer in the US. http://www.lifeethics.org/www.lifeethics.org/index.html)
To: hocndoc
this is an enforcement of contractual obligations between the corporation and the city, and does not impinge on independent private practices. I don't mind this... just so long as it stays nice and contained as it is right now.
I'm not offering favorable odds of it remaining so contained.
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posted on
08/19/2005 2:45:32 AM PDT
by
King Prout
(and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
To: hocndoc
I still can't figure out why the PP clinics, ER's and even the city clinics don't dispense the med themselves if it's such an "emergency." Nooooooo, that would mean being trying to be honorable and making sense, inasmuch as it's possible for a looie liberal. Noooooooo. Their credo: drag the world down into the gutter with them, then it ain't so lonely.
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posted on
08/19/2005 2:52:08 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
To: King Prout
I agree on the contractual obligations. I wish Walgreens had used the city's decision to change the contract as an excuse to get out of the contract.
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posted on
08/19/2005 3:07:58 AM PDT
by
hocndoc
(Choice is the # 1 killer in the US. http://www.lifeethics.org/www.lifeethics.org/index.html)
To: hocndoc
pharmacists cited moral objections to filling birth-control prescriptions Ah, yes, the wonderful MSM propaganda machine, at its subtle finest. Notice they're using "birth-control prescriptions" to mean abortion pills. Clever little Jedi mind trick, but it didn't work.
To: hocndoc
Austin is one of the most liberal cities in Texas (though I could be wrong). There is a very large gay community, and the U. of Texas has a lot more liberal professors than would Texas A & M.
Maybe I am wrong.
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posted on
08/19/2005 4:04:02 AM PDT
by
topher
(God bless and protect our troops and service personnel around the world)
To: hocndoc
I wonder if the Austin City Council and/or PP will assume financial liability for adverse health effects incurred by women using the "emergency contraceptive" several times per month over a prolonged period? Just because this drug has been deemed safe for sporadic use (I don't know how they tested it--one-time only, once per year, or what?) does NOT mean it's safe for routine, frequent use.
Although, when it comes to "reproductive health," a certain subset of women are always eager to make themselves into guinea pigs, having believed the PP propaganda that anything related to abortion is "perfectly safe." (Yes, a PP saleswoman said that to my high school biology class back in the 70s--who knows how many heard and believed that lie.)
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:21:57 AM PDT
by
exDemMom
(Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Looks like Walgreens is trying for a Neville Chamberlain award.
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:21:25 AM PDT
by
libertylover
(Liberal: A blatant liar who likes to spend other people's money.)
To: Hardastarboard
"Ah, yes, the wonderful MSM propaganda machine, at its subtle finest. Notice they're using "birth-control prescriptions" to mean abortion pills. Clever little Jedi mind trick, but it didn't work."
from the article; "In the Dallas area, several women have been denied prescriptions, including a rape victim who was refused the "morning after pill" and a North Richland Hills mother of two and first-grade teacher, who was denied her birth-control pills."
It means both.
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:52:27 AM PDT
by
monday
To: HiTech RedNeck
I still can't figure out why the PP clinics, ER's and even the city clinics don't dispense the med themselves if it's such an "emergency."
Nooooooo, that would mean being trying to be honorable and making sense, inasmuch as it's possible for a looie liberal. Noooooooo. Their credo: drag the world down into the gutter with them, then it ain't so lonely."
I agree: it is a matter of looking "legitimate" to them, similar to the gay marriage issue. Both groups want to be considered normal and mainstream, even thought they are not.
It is an extesion of the Goebbel's theorem of repeating a lie: if consumers etc. see their friendly pharmacist dispensing these items, they must be good, right?
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posted on
08/19/2005 7:04:37 AM PDT
by
SpinyNorman
(The ACLU empowers terrorists and criminals, weakens America, and degrades our society.)
To: topher
Nope, Austin is the California, or Massachusetts of Texas. It's so far left it actually wraps itself around the Earth from El Paso enough to reach back into the middle of th estate.
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posted on
08/19/2005 9:42:21 AM PDT
by
Ro_Thunder
("Other than ending SLAVERY, FASCISM, NAZISM and COMMUNISM, war has never solved anything")
To: hocndoc
They are pharmicists... their job is to dispense medications...
Many women are on birth control... try having to go on the pill for Accutane (acne medication) or having severe endometriosis (which leaves you lying on the floor, doubled over in pain or puking in the toilet for a couple days each month).
If my pharmicist refused to fill my birth control pills, i don't know where i would go (many insurance companies will only pay for meds at certain drugstores!!!!!!!!!). If I couldn't get my pills, i'd have to call into work sick at least 2 days a month.
Filling medications eis part of their job. If they don't like their job duties, then pick another profession!!!!!!!
To: King Prout
You do realize that this is about the morning after pill. An abortion pill.
Taxpayer funded abortions under the radar.
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posted on
08/19/2005 11:00:56 AM PDT
by
weegee
(The Rovebaiting by DUAC must stop. It is nothing but a partisan witchhunt.)
To: WomanBiologist
You don't approve of "conscious objectors"?
All doctors should be forced to administer abortions?
Some schools believe so.
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posted on
08/19/2005 11:02:41 AM PDT
by
weegee
(The Rovebaiting by DUAC must stop. It is nothing but a partisan witchhunt.)
To: WomanBiologist
If the owner of a store refuses to stock a product, that's THEIR CHOICE. It doesn't matter if its a tavern owner refusing to stock Coors or a pharmacist refusing to stock the pill.
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posted on
08/19/2005 11:04:18 AM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Pirro is Hillary with an (R))
To: Clemenza
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posted on
08/19/2005 11:13:24 AM PDT
by
Skooz
("Political Correctness is the handmaiden of terrorism" - Michelle Malkin)
To: Clemenza
So you would have no problem with pharmicists refusing to dispense insulin medication, cholesterol meds, obesity meds etc?
The pharmicists believe it's their duty to provide meds, give shots, diagnose illnesses, and consider themselves nearly doctors... isn't it then unethical?
And the story did highlight "birth control"! Not just EC.
Also, the Walgreens sell condoms but not birth control? imagine that...
Pharmacists, hospitals, doctors, etc are much different than other businesses. When it comes to saving lives, ensuring the wellbeing, it can't be just a business decision.
To: WomanBiologist
So you would have no problem with pharmicists refusing to dispense insulin medication, cholesterol meds, obesity meds etc?It's called "freedom."
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posted on
08/19/2005 11:20:52 AM PDT
by
Skooz
("Political Correctness is the handmaiden of terrorism" - Michelle Malkin)
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