[sinkspur]

My wife is a pharmacist. Informing and counseling is, BY LAW, her job...

Does your wife's job include overriding a doctor's prescription for a patient? That is what these pharmacists are doing.

It is not the job of a pharmacist to decide what she will and will not dispense. If she cannot dispense ALL of the medications or drugs that are available at a particular pharmacy chain, then it is up to HER to go to work for someone else who does not dispense those objectionable drugs.

As others have pointed out, what if a PETA-inclined pharmacist declined to dispense drugs that were tested on animals? Should they have that right, and should they have the right to lecture you about animal rights?

[Onelifetogive]

I am a believer in free markets. I don't think the government should compel any pharmacist to fill any prescription they do not wish to fill. As I do not believe that the government should compel a doctor to perform a procedure he does not wish to perform or a cafe to serve any food (or even any patron) it does not wish to serve.

That said, I think the pharmacy has every right to fire any pharmacist for any reason, including this one.