What do you think about doctors and pharmacists refusing birth control to unmarried people?

Question

I want to hear other sides to the story because I know where I stand. I think they should do their fricken job! That is like a doctor saying they don't want to remove a gall bladder. All they are doing is providing BABIES to unmarried couples. They should not judge people because it is none of their buisness. Do you agree or disagree? Thanks in advance!

There were Pharmistists doing this in a few Wal-Marts across the country. I beleive their States government stopped it though. And also a girl I know was denied birth control, however it was because she went to the Christian hospital that has discounted healthcare.

Jeezm---Why does it sound like I want people to agree with me? I want to hear all the sides! Maybe it just seems that way to you because you are the only one so far with that point of view. Thanks for answering.

imaknightangel--how the heck does condoms and the pill increase your risk of stds?? sorry but you are wrong about that

Answer 1

I think THAT is an abomination.

The American Pharmacists Association has a policy that says its members can refuse to dispense medication on the grounds of their consciences, but they must make arrangements so a patient can still get the pills. Yet some pharmacists have refused to hand the prescription to another druggist to fill.

And it's increasing.

In Madison WI a pharmacist refused to transfer a woman's prescription for birth-control pills to another druggist or to give the slip back to her because of his religious views. The pharmacist proceded to call the mother a murderer in front of a crowded waiting area, and said "I will not help you kill this baby. I will not have blood on my hands." AND REFUSED TO RETURN HER PRESCRIPTION!! Subsequently, the woman became pregnant and decided to terminate the pregnancy.

In 2005, a woman in Tucson was RAPED and found that most pharmacies did not stock the drug... when she found one that did, she said she was told the pharmacist on duty would not dispense it because of religious and moral objections.

WTF? Whose body is it? Whose prescription? If you think you'd have trouble filling a medical procedure, find another business!

Blacks died because they could not receive blood transfusions at "white hospitals" or receive "white blood." It was against the moral code of the day. With all the legislation these days about medical professionals not having to provide service or care if it would offend their moral sense, could it happen again? Could a nurse or pharmacist refuse medical care to homosexuals if their religion says homosexuality is an "abomination"? Or refuse care to a Muslim?

What next? What kind of horrific system causes people to behave this way? To divide the country into "those whom I decide DESERVE" and "those whom I decide DO NOT DESERVE"?

Somebody better tell the "decider who decides" that he's got competition.

Answer 2

I think that these doctors and pharmacists should pay for all the expenses of a woman who gets pregnant because they wouldn't sell her birth control. I then think they should be the ones to adopt all the unwanted children that resulted from their small-minded actions. Just because doctors are better educated than many of us doesn't mean they have the right to tell us what we can and cannot buy. This is America. Doctors, pharmacists, DO YOUR JOB.

Answer 3

Christian conservatives at work! I think anyone, anyone should have access to birth control if they ask for it. Obviously we're talking about oral contraception here, but condoms should also be considered. I mean come on! What would these conservatives think of a young single woman who was pregnant, not married, and the father decided to split? Sounds like the beginnings of 'The Scarlet Letter II'.

Answer 4

UGH i didn't know they do that they should provide the friggin birth control i mean couples have sex all the time when their unmarried on the other hand it would prevent them from having sex so it would stop all the STD's from getting around i'm 50/50

Answer 5

Yes, I've heard about them doing that with the morning after pill, but not BC pills. Still, I think its none of their business. They are only hurting you, not helping. Besides, almost every woman takes BC pills now...its become so common. If pharmacists have problems with this they should quit their job.

Answer 6

Even though I wish everyone would wait until they are married to do those things. We all know that society today is far more liberal than that. it is not the pharmacists business what you do in your private life. Their job is to fill and distribute drugs that your doctor prescribe. It is up to the doctor not the pharmacist to decide who needs the medication.

Answer 7

I think the doctors and pharmacists are correct in their standings. Maybe people having pre-marital sex will learn their lesson! Not many people look at it this way, but pregnancy isn't a disease-you live through it! Plus many birth control methods (condoms, the pill, patch, etc.) increase a person's chance of transferring or developing a sexually transmitted disease.

Hey, the stakes are alot higher than you think- and alot higher that pregnancy at that!

Answer 8

I have never heard of any Dr's or pharmacist that do that. But of course unmarried people in my opinion would need it more so than the married couples.

Answer 9

Sounds you would like to find people who agree with you rather
than disagree. But I am one to believe that sex should be limited to married couples and birth control prescribed to those that are unmarried should only be under medical circumstances and not to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. Nothing I could say could sway your opinion and nothing you could say could sway mine so just leave it at that.

Answer 10

I have never, ever heard of any pharmacist refusing birth control unless you are like 10 years old.