>> No, it's about each job having a description and if you won't do the job described then you should get a different job. <<
"Williams said that Target forced pharmacists state-wide to sign a “conscience clause” last fall agreeing to dispense the abortifacient or refer to another pharmacy that does. She wrote the chain a letter December 1 telling them she could not sign the clause. “We had to make sure it was in stock, and even give directions to the store,” she said. “I would be a participant.”"
Sorry, but the early Christians were willing to die rather than sign such "conscience clauses." Sad to see Target aspires to become Imperial Rome.
"Sorry, but the early Christians were willing to die rather than sign such "conscience clauses." Sad to see Target aspires to become Imperial Rome.
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For pete's sake....nobody was asking her to die! Target is a business. It's privately-owned. They can have any legal requirement for employment they wish.
This drug is legal to dispense. Doctors prescribe it. Target may not stock it in all its stores, but it can legally require its employees to direct the customer to a store that does stock it.
She cannot accept that condition of employment, so she was terminated. She's still alive. She's still a pharmacist. She can apply for jobs at other places. Perhaps she'll find a pro-life pharmacy that doesn't dispense this drug, any contraceptives, and gives pro-life lectures to customers who want such things.
Oh, wait....that's not good business, is it? Well, maybe she won't find such a job. She can get a Small Business Administration loan, then, and start up her own pharmacy, I guess.
Good for them. But that doesn't give them a right to a job. I'm all for people being able to make a stand, but part of making a stand means there might be consequences, like losing your job. I have no problem with her refusing to make that referal or sign the paper saying she will, I also have no problem with Target deciding that if she's unwilling to make that referal or sign that paper then they aren't going to be her employer. It's a simple matter of voluntary relationships, Target wants someone willing to perform job X, if she isn't willing to perform job X then she is not filling their needs as an employer and therefore there's no reason for them to keep her as an employee.
Most of the problem stems from the governor's office who is trying to force this policy on pharmacies. The reason this is statewide and not countrywide is that it was decreed by the governor of Illinois.