Posted on 07/28/2007 5:40:06 PM PDT by monomaniac
Seattle, Jul 27, 2007 / 08:47 am (CNA).- Pharmacists have sued Washington state over a new regulation that requires them to sell emergency contraception, also known as the "morning-after pill, because it contains no exception for those who object on the basis of belief or conscience.
In a lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday, pharmacists Rhonda Mesler and Margo Thelen, and Stormans Inc., said the rule that took effect Thursday violates their civil rights by forcing them into choosing between "their livelihoods and their deeply held religious and moral beliefs."
"The stakes really couldn't be much higher," plaintiffs' attorney Kristen Waggoner said. Earlier this year, the state ruled that druggists who believe emergency contraceptives are tantamount to abortion cannot stand in the way of a patient's right to the drugs.
State legislators do not seem to notice that the new law ensures the rights of those who wish to use the contraceptives but does nothing to support the rights of those who believe it is immoral.
In a statement about the then proposed law, the Catholic Bishops of Washington state said, The Church opposes the sale of any drug that would induce an abortion, and supports pharmacists, especially those who follow Catholic moral teaching, who uphold their right to act according to the dictates of their conscience when asked to dispense such drugs.
Plan B is often called emergency contraception, but in fact, it can cause an abortion because if it fails to stop ovulation it then acts to prevent any embryos from implanting in the uterus.
Darlene Wilson, a licensed pharmacist is one such person who objects to the law. "For me, that would be killing a human life and I don't want to have any part of that," she said.
Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire, who brokered a compromise on the contraceptive rule and pressured the state Board of Pharmacy to adopt it, stood behind the regulation on Thursday.
"Gov. Gregoire feels the Pharmacy Board went through an extensive public process to come to their decision, and she supports them," spokesman Lars Erickson said.
Under the new state rule, pharmacists with personal objections to a drug can opt out by getting a co-worker to fill an order. But that applies only if the patient is able to get the prescription in the same pharmacy visit.
The federal Food and Drug Administration made the morning-after pill available without prescription to adults last year.
Well there are a good numbers of Freepers who think they should be required to disperse abortion pills.
Maybe they could just check their voter registration and dispense on that basis. /sarc/
If we don’t want plan B then lets get out and make it illegal. Does anyone have a congressional representative that is trying to accomplish that? Using the courts, seems something like the Dims would do.
It appears that the solution in Washington, since it requires no prescription, is to put it out on the shelves instead of behind the counter. Do they really want that?
Oddly, I am still curious why the FDA which is under Bush did this????
And the next step will be to require doctors to perform abortions. This will be done by making abortion a mandatory part of physician training.
what’s plan A?
If a boyfriend bought them and then gave them to his girlfriend without her knowledge, would that too, be okay?
I never said it was OK under any circumstance.
Plan A - Contraceptives
Plan B - Morning After Pill
Plan C - Abortion
Plan D - Partial Birth Abortion
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Plan Z - Daycare
If they were islamites under pressure to sell beer and pork skins, a federal judge would jump on their case to protect their rights of conscientious objection in a heartbeat.
Don’t worry, the ONLY (and I stress ONLY) good thing about the muzzies is that they are morally conservative, so when Sharia becomes a fact the life as is the apparent desire of the democrats, the left and CAIR, this won’t be an issue.
Isn’t the only source of the morning after pill China? I have read postings re bad side effects, i. e. woman death.
If you don’t understand and practice plan A then you need plan B
Charge $47,000 per pill.
As due the classic birth control pills. That is why they are so very effective if used as prescribed. They too will prevent implantation. If Plan B should not be sold then birth control pills should also be banned. I am not in favor of banning birth control pills!
Well “Always Right”....this time you are very wrong! Speak for your self only........you sound like a demon-rat!
Yep, and there would be a lot of freepers who would say "well, he DID open a convenience store, therefore he knew what he was getting into."
I don’t see why a pharmacist would have an issue selling this pill if at the same time have no issue selling birth control pills. It’s my understanding that this “plan B” pill is simply the same thing as taking 4 certain birth control pills at the same time. It just comes in the form of a single pill, has a different name, and costs more money.
WTH....Where did I say that was my position? I have debated dozens of Freepers who have taken that position in the past.
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