What do you think of pharmacists who won't fill birth control prescriptions for moral reasons (that they are in fact, just a chemical abortion)?
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ANSWERS: 30
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I don't agree with them, but it's their right to refuse and I would never try to force anything outside their beliefs on them.
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I would never work in a job where I had to sell cigarettes because to me it would just be assisting people in slow motion suicide. The pharmacist should have thought about this aspect before they attended all their training, after all birth control pills are nothing new. You are incorrect about birth control pills being a chemical abortion. They inhibit an egg from ever getting released through the fallopian tube so there is no egg to be fertilized by the sperm. No fertilzation, no abortion.
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I agree with not selling birth control pills for moral reasons. I don't agree with any kind of birth control except for abstinance. The purpose of sex is supposed to be to create new lives, not just pleasure. If you do not want to get pregnant you should not be having sex.
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I think he should have picked a different line of work. I don't agree with birth control that acts as a chemical abortive, but there are those that do not perform that way. A few birth control prescriptions are designed to destroy fertilized eggs, but most simply provide a chemical to trick the body into feeling pregnant therefore stopping egg production. It isn't killing any eggs, it simply stops them from being produced. The week break allows the body to flush some of the chemical, allowing the body to recoup and have a period before doing it again.
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Birth control pills are not chemical abortions. They prevent women from getting pregnant; they do not get destroy or otherwise rid a woman of her unborn child. That being said, I strongly disagree with pharmacists who will not fill birth control prescriptions for "moral reasons". Some women need these prescriptions to regulate their otherwise unhealthy levels of hormones, or to gain needed weight. Pharmacists are hired because they are a needed commodity in today's society; people need their medication, and it is ethically wrong to not fill a prescription because of your own selfish beliefs. If you are depriving someone of something they need to live, then you don't deserve to be in that business.
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If "The purpose of sex is supposed to be to create new lives, not just pleasure", then why are men attracted to women, and women to men, at all times, rather than just when the women are fertile, like dogs? It has been pointed out that women's bodies go to great lengths to conceal from everybody, including their owner, when they are fertile. In my opinion, sex (like many other human traits) is a multipurpose system, designed to bond society as well as to create children.
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shouldnt have applied there, you do your job, as your job description has required you to do, or you find another job. I would've fired him/her. Now trying to counsel the patron, fine, but if they wish to fill a prescription legally then dammit you do it.
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I say sell the stuff. If a person ants something that's not illegal then you have a responsibility to sell it to them if you wanna keep customers.
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They should search for a new job.
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It makes me really mad....they have no right to hold a moral high ground, their job is to supply prescribed medications. Would they withold anti-rejection meds because they didn't believe in transplants? Are they prepared to pay and care for the unwanted babies born as a reult of their actions? Ofcourse not! If they have beliefs that create moral situations like this maybe they are in the wrong job?
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I don't get it. Why would they refuse. It is not a chemical abortion. No fetus etc. Do some actually refuse to fill prescriptions?
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I dont think you should be a pharmisist if you can t do the job PROPERLY which means filling ALL prescriptions.I've never heard of pharmacists in the u.k doing this.
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They should find a new job, and they shouldn't have their degree. Any pharmacists should be educated enough to know that birth control is not chemical abortion.
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If you own your own pharmacy, you have a right then to refuse sale of any item you choose. A grocery store owner can choose not to sell wheat bread, a video store owner can choose not to rent/sell porno, and a pharmacy owner can choose not to sell any item he chooses not to sell, for any reason he likes.
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Birth control pills stop the overies from releasing an egg. you can't have an abortion unless you have a sperm and egg that meet. It's not a chemical abortion, Ive never heard of that.
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Being a pharmacist is not a God-given right. If someone won't agree to dispense a correctly written and legal prescription, he or she should have chosen another profession. As a patient, I want to know that my health and ability to get needed medication isn't dependent on who happens to be running the pharmacy that day. As a doctor, I want to know that I can count on a pharmacy to provide the meds I prescribe.
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I think that they should personally raise the children who are born because of their refusal to give the prescriptions. Let's see how true to their morals they really are.
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it's their prerogative. If I was a pharmacist, I would dispense BC pills, and respect someone else's opinion and leave it at that. just go to another pharmacist.
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If I were his boss he would be given a chance to do it or 'hit the bricks' yo...
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I would say it was his business.He is licensed to sell drugs but by law is not obligated to do so.It is very possible that she is well versed in herbal remedies and prefers to tell the patients the alternative available.I guess they could start to practice herbal medicine and go into another line of work.
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If he/she is the pharmacist? No. But he/she should be required to advertise their sentiment. And if they're not going to fill a "day after" pill, then they shouldn't be selling condoms either.
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Absolutely. S/he is not fulfilling the duties of their job. This doesn't mean they can't point out alternatives, but they cannot REFUSE to fill a prescription that the customer desires.
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There should be another pharmacist present who is willing to prescribe as the law allows. If only one pharmacist can be present, then this one cannot be the only one.
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If I were a Buddhist, I wouldn't sign up for a job as a Catholic priest - because logically I would be expected to do things that do not line up with my beliefs. If I were morally against the prescribing of certain medications, I would not put myself in the position to be expected to distribute them.
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A cop, attorney, judge, social worker, etc. doesn't have the opportunity to enforce only the laws they agree with... Any professional must perform the duties of the job, regardless of personal beliefs. The pharmacist should go into a diff line of work willingly.
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A pharmacist should not pass moral judgement in my opinion. I'm just not sure if it's "legal" for them to refuse to fill legitimate prescriptions. I suppose as professionals, they could refuse to fill them. Personally, I would never go to one like that.
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YES and YES!
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They should be fired for sure.
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If they owned the pharmacy, they can do whatever they want. If I owned the pharmacy, and I pay them, they need to do the job I pay them for. If they don't like it, they can go elsewhere.
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Of course they should be fired. No one is forcing the pharmacist to use medications against his religion. He doesn't have the option to stop others from using legally prescribed medications either.
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