Texas pharmacist refuses pill for rape victim

[Hueij]

Edit: never mind...

[Drogue]

I didn't think Ben would stoop this low. This thread makes me feel physically sick. You may see murder as worse than rape, and you may see this as murder, but using the phrase "convenience to women" regarding this is beyond the pale, IMHO. Even when i disagree with someone, I have compassion.

[DaShi]

Damn Christians. Their ****ing God hasn't spoken to them in 2 thousand years, and they're tellin' us what to do.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Say it was a private pharamacy... then I think the guy has every right to refuse to give certain perscriptions. However, working for Eckards, when their company policy goes against this, he cannot.

Pharmacists are licensed professionals in all states, and are subject to the professional conduct and ethical requirements of their state licensing boards.

[GePap]

Originally posted by MrFun
Does the widdle Gwepap want a widdle brownie?

How did an "l" get put in the middle of my call name?

OK MrFun*

*Ruining Fun for over 3 years!

[Verres]

Why don't you try having this discussion with some actual rape victims?

Ah, but then he would just be faced with typically female over-emotional reactions which do not consider the terrible sin they may be committing if they take the morning-after pill.
No, far better to discuss it here, keep it nice and theorectical

[GePap]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat


Pharmacists are licensed professionals in all states, and are subject to the professional conduct and ethical requirements of their state licensing boards.

and Imran:

You said if it was private then 'maybe'. I went further. So ha!

Perhaps a bridge too far?

[SlowwHand]

Re: Texas pharmacist refuses pill for rape victim

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
I fail to see why convenience to women should override freedom of conscience. Pharmacists should not have to prescribe a drug to which they are morally opposed.

A cop has to enforce laws, right or wrong.
Don't like the law, change it.
This is a medically approved drug, that was refused to a rape victim.
The pharmacist should be fired and banned from practice.

[Japher]

MrFun: Putting the F.U. in "fun" for over 5 years!

[GePap]

Originally posted by Japher
MrFun: Putting the F.U. in "fun" for over 5 years!

No, no no!

MrFun*

*Putting the F.U. in "fun" for over 5 years!

That is the correct format.

[Japher]

Sorry

[Imran Siddiqui]

Pharmacists are licensed professionals in all states, and are subject to the professional conduct and ethical requirements of their state licensing boards.

What do the professional conduct requirements say about having to provide all drugs? Is a pharmacist required to have on hand all drugs that could possibly be asked for? Can he or she pick and choose which drugs to carry because of limited funds and space?

[MichaeltheGreat]

I'm assuming Ben meant "convenience" to refer to the convenience of getting the prescription filled at one pharmacy, rather than at another. i.e. his take is that the pharmacist shouldn't be punished because he didn't want to fill that prescription, and the woman was merely inconvenienced because she had to go to another pharmacy.

I HOPE that's what he meant, and isn't using the "woman's convenience" line about abortion to extend to a rape victim's attempt to prevent pregnancy in the first place.

[Japher]

What do the professional conduct requirements say about having to provide all drugs? Is a pharmacist required to have on hand all drugs that could possibly be asked for? Can he or she pick and choose which drugs to carry because of limited funds and space?

A pharmacist shouldn't with hold treatment prescribed by a doctor. If they don't have the meds, then they wouldn't be with holding it.

[SlowwHand]

I wonder if any Christian Scientists are pharmacist's?
Talk about conflict of interest.