Pharmacist Rights?

Question

Do you think pharmacists should have the right to deny a customer The Morning After-Pill (Plane B) due to his religion?

Hmm I work with a pharmacist that constantly does this..

Answer 1

NO! It is his JOB to fill prescriptions. It is none of his business what the drug is and who it is for!!!!!!! NO EXCEPTIONS!

If he doesn't like it, get another job!

Answer 2

No.

the store has the right to not carry the drug. if it is carried by the store then the person behind the counter has a job to do. and that job is to hand the medication to the people that have the prescription to get the medication.

if i was the store manager i would fire any employee that denied my customer a service that they are hired to provide.

if the employee has a religious problem with the product that the store decides to provide then that employee has every right to find another job.

this can be put into another prespective.

I am a Celtic Pagan. if i worked in a jewlery store as a salesman (which i have). and somebody wanted to buy a
crucifix charm for their necklace. and i refused them service because i find that symbol offensive (which i do not). then i would and should be fired.

same concept. if an employee has a moral or ethical problem with the services that a business provides they are not required to work at that business.

Answer 3

Folks.....this particular question has been around so long!!!!!

Let it rest already. I've been a pharmacist for 18 years and worked in a Pharmacy for 22. The last time I saw or even heard of someone refusing to dispense something on religious grounds was NEVER!!!!!!

Let me tell you another B.S. myth out there. The vast majority of insurances DO NOT pay for VIagra but DO pay for birth control.

By the way, a pharmacist has (as well they should) the right to refuse to sell or dispense anything.

Answer 4

Only if the drugstore where he works hangs a crucifix out front and advertises that they are a "Christian" drug store.

Does a doctor have the right to deny a patient birth control pill. Same thing.

Does a cab driver have the right to deny a ride to a customer to take her dog to the vet? They have done this because they think dogs are evil creatures.

If we allow people to deny services because of their individual beliefs, society would completely fall apart. If the druggist doesn't want to dispense medication to someone with a prescription, then he needs to find another line of work.

Answer 5

100% no. If they're taught and licensed to practice in our society then they need to offer the service specified by their license or they should give up practicing. It's not up to them, to decide whether a medication is wrong or needed by someone; their job is to dispense what the doctor prescribes. Otherwise, if pharmacists start pushing their personal views and beliefs into their practice, we'll get situations where some won't dispense psychotropic medications (e.g. if they're a scientologist or even if they believe those meds are wrong). The scenarios go on and on; it's very dangerous if they start doing this.

Answer 6

No. In the same way I don't support the right of a doctor not to treat a woman who has is unmarried but pregnant, nor an lawyer to avoid providing services for a client who is of a different religion than his/her own.

Professionalism requires fulfilling the job. If they can't do the job based on their religion, they shouldn't have the job. No religious Muslim would take a job in a bacon factory. No person with such strict religious beliefs should take a job as a pharmacist. Period.


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Answer 7

A persons religious beliefs should always be the main factor in any endeavor, regardless of what that religion may be. If this pharmecist had such strong objections, but sold the pill anyway...he would be in effect denying his own religious conviction. AND, while I may disagree with the act itself...I applaud the adherance to conviction behind it. If MORE people acted first and foremost by their religious conviction and nothing else...we would ALL be better off.

Answer 8

If the pharmacist owns the store(independent pharmacy) then yes he has the right to decide which drugs he will and will not carry. If it is a chain store, the store states which drugs they carry. Many chain pharmacies have quit carrying schedule 2 narcotics because of high theft and the amount of people who overdose on these type drugs

Answer 9

I've really thought about this, because I'm a Catholic ... and I hate to say it but I 'agree fully' with BOTH SIDES of the 'argument' over the 'Plan B' pill ... which means that I don't really 'know' what SHOULD be done about it ... I can just thank God that I don't have to worry about it, since I'm married and well past menopause. I guess I think that it should be 'decided' by people who are still 'young enough' to have babies, but 'old enough' to use some maturity in their decision.

Answer 10

No he/she needs to do their job.

And who would deny the moring after pill?
The moring after pill, is useless if the sperm has already reached the egg.
So, it's not like it's an abortion pill or anything.

Answer 11

If he owns the pharmacy, yes. If this violates the policy of the pharmacy's owner, then he should seek a different employer. A company doesn't have to sell anything.