Illinois Drugstores Required to Fill Birth Control Prescriptions

LA Times ^ | 4/02/2005 | Stephanie Simon

[DollarCoins]

"But shouldn't that be determined by the pharmacy not the governor? If Wal-Mart wants to carry them, but they allow their pharmacists to defer on prescribing them, shouldn't that be Wal-Mart's choice, not someone in Springfield?"

So where does it stop then? Will we have pharmacists refusing to fill all kinds of prescriptions they don't "agree" with. Doctors refusing to deliver babies to unmarried women? Shouldn't there be some government support over this?

[softwarecreator]

Doctors refusing to deliver babies to unmarried women?

Doctors take an oath, do pharmacists?

[cripplecreek]

A flip of the dial.

[softwarecreator]

HAHAHAHAHAHHA ... somehow I knew that was coming! I'll be whistling that for the next hour or so!

[DollarCoins]

"Doctors take an oath, do pharmacists?"


Yes pharmacists do take an oath!

[Texas_Jarhead]

"So much for private ownership of business."

That's what I was thinking. Also, if the Govenor can decree by fiat action such as this then a subsequent Govenor should be able to decree the opposite. I mean if the govenor has the unilateral power to force such an action then the power must be bidirectional.

[cripplecreek]

I'll be whistling that for the next hour or so! wrong.

[softwarecreator]

Yes pharmacists do take an oath!

There goes that argument.

still though, if it's an independant business, I would feel they can sell what they want. you are right though, in the medical field it's a bit different.

[Sthitch]

Why should the government be the arbiter here? The free market is the best force. If a private pharmacist decides not to carry contraception that is his right and he will lose some business, if he loses enough he will cease to operate. Same for a doctor who does not want to deliver the baby of an unmarried woman. If it became known that the doctor was acting in such a way he or she would lose patients and most likely need to find a new line of work.

[softwarecreator]

And the hits just keep on coming.

the wife is looking at me like I've lost my mind ... at this point she may be pretty close to the truth.

[Sthitch]

I doubt that you would ever find a doctor who would take such an action. Such a doctor would realize that delivering a baby is as much a treatment for the child as for the mother, and would not likely want to see harm come to the child.

[DollarCoins]

I once doubted whether a pharmacist would refuse to fill prescriptions, but here we are

[softwarecreator]

Of course. But you point is accurate. (Man, almost channeled Dan Rather there for a moment).

If a Dr refuses to treat someone and the condition worsens or the person dies, the Dr can be sued. If a woman becomes pregnant, can she sue the pharmacist for not selling the Birth Control device?

[softwarecreator]

It would be something to see a women sue a pharmacist for child support because of this. =)

[Nataku X]

I take BC and if you looked at my prescription & me you'd assume I was just some easy whore. In reality my policy is to never give men free milk, and BC is literally a lifesaver.

[muawiyah]

This Blagojevich is just pure evil isn't he?!

[softwarecreator]

In reality my policy is to never give men free milk

=)

[muawiyah]

Prescription medications are really not comparable to fast food and you know it.

Freedom of religion and freedom of conscience must necessarily trump both however.

(BTW, if you really think a cheeseburger with fries can do the same job as a condom, you'd best start reading the labels, eh?!)

[muawiyah]

YOu try getting a ham sandwich in a Jewish delicatessen in New York and you will be sorely disappointed. NOw if you'd like corned beef, they got that! Tastes pretty much the same, too, although I really have no idea how Jewish guys figured that out!

[muawiyah]

Doctors don't deliver babies to women, married or unmarried, in Illinois these days. They have to go to Indiana for that.

Blagojevich really doesn't care about that part anyway. Childbirth simply isn't on this very evil man's agenda!