Thursday, December 1, 2005
Walgreens Does The Right Thing, Suspends 4 Holier-than-thou Pharmacists...
This is has been an interesting, if not completely screwed up story from the past few months. It seems that a few pharmacists across the country have decided that their ethics must dictate the ethics of the customers they were hired to serve.
Walgreen Co. said it has put four Illinois pharmacists in the St. Louis area on unpaid leave for refusing to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception in violation of a state rule.I like John at AmericaBlog's approach:
The four cited religious or moral objections to filling prescriptions for the morning-after pill and ''have said they would like to maintain their right to refuse to dispense, and in Illinois that is not an option," Walgreen spokeswoman Tiffani Bruce said.
A rule imposed by Governor Rod Blagojevich in April requires Illinois pharmacies that sell contraceptives approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to fill prescriptions for emergency birth control.
Pharmacies that do not fill prescriptions for any type of contraception are not required to follow the rule.
I go to the pharmacy for medicine, not spiritual advice. If you're opposed to the death penalty, don't apply for a job as an excecutioner. If you're allergic to animals, don't become a vet. And if you hate kids, don't become a pediatrician.Simple enough. Mind your own damn business and live your life the way you choose, just don't tell me how to live mine...
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