Posted on 04/27/2006 6:55:59 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Well some cabbies refuse passengers carrying alcohol for religious reasons, while some pharmacists refuse filling prescriptions for contraceptives for religious reasons.
Well said! Both are cases where people licensed by the (state/city) government aren't serving specific customers based on religious beliefs. In both cases licenses should be suspended. And equally, in both cases there are other jobs available where they wouldn't have to go against their beliefs - if they can't do the job, they shouldn't have taken it.
Do you believe, then, that pharmacists should be forced to fill orders for the "morning after" pill, even if it is against their religious beliefs?
Yes. The same way I believe that Jehovah's Witnesses who work in hospitals should be required to help with blood transfusions if called upon to do so, and that Jehovah's Witness pharmacists should be required to dispense factor VIII to hemophiliacs with a valid prescription. Although it's not really an issue now, before human insulin was available, what if a Jewish or Muslim pharmacist refused to dispense procine insulin? What if a nurse refused to help a surgeon implant a porcine heart valve?
I feel letting people pick and choose is dangerous. You either can do the job, or you can't. There are pharmacy posts, such as oncologic pharmacists, etc, where these pharmacists would not be put in that position. They chose to take the job of a community pharmacist, are licensed to do their job, and should do it.
And why is that?
I remember them. I think they stopped making them in the 60's. They were special-made for the cab industry
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