A Rotherham mother-of-two was refused the morning-after-pill because the Muslim serving her at Lloyds Chemist said he opposed the drug on 'religious grounds'.
What do people think about this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/6049750.stm
2007-07-27 09:16:14 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I wonder what happen if a christian doctor refuse to treat a muslim on grounds muslim is of different religion, we see outcry galore then would we not! this man should be not bringing his religious beliefs to work
2007-07-27 19:58:28 · answer #1 · answered by vdv_desantnik 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Radical Muslims want to over populate the Earth and convert the rest to Islam. They refuse this morning after pill because they want as many future stupidcide bombers they can get. I know this isn't 100% truth but it's in the correct line of things.
2007-07-28 05:00:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The man has a right to his beliefs and to act on them. If he owns the shop and does not stock the pill (on religious or other grounds) he is within his rights. If he works for a shop he has a right not to serve the item; he should call another assistant. If offended, the customer has the right to use another shop for everything else, and to tell everyone why.
Similarly, Catholic gynaecologists do not perform abortions, Jewish butchers do not sell pork pies and so on. If you want an abortion or a pork pie, you know where not to go. The Rotherham lady now knows where not to buy her aspirin, sticking plasters etc.
And end of story.
2007-07-28 00:03:21 · answer #3 · answered by Michael B 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
If you wish to bring principles of this kind into the workplace, then you should make sure that your stock does not carry the offending article, in which case nobody could blame you for not selling what you do not have to sell. If you are working for an employer, then you have to represent that employer's interests and not allow your own feelings to intrude. If, for example, you are violently opposed to smoking, then you don't take a job in a tobacconist shop. But as long as you do, then you sell what you are required to, simply because you have accepted to do that particular job for your boss.
In this case the pharmacist was not being asked to murder a baby or even administer the means for doing so. He was being asked to sell something which might, or might not, have the effect of preventing a fertilised egg from attaching itself to the wall of the uterus. There may have been no such fertilised egg in existence. I think that he went too far in allowing his own feelings to interfere with his task on this occasion.
2007-07-27 09:38:52 · answer #4 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
We all have things that we find are immoral and simply cannot do. I am sure he felt very strongly about this which is why he refused. There are many pharmacies out there, if he chooses to loose that business over his beliefs then he should be able to.
2007-07-27 12:58:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its not right. Im Muslim myself and Im a medic, but whatever my opinion is about things like that, I can not refuse someone treatment. The same no Pharmacist should refuse selling someone the morning after pill.
You should not try to rule someones decision over just because you dont like what they're doing. Thats not one's right (and is not backed up anywhere religiously, btw).
2007-07-27 09:20:48 · answer #6 · answered by JB 4 · 8⤊ 2⤋
Had a fundamentalist pharmacist do that here in the U.S. too. His license was suspended.
No excuse for it. What if a Christian EMT came across a Muslim accident victim, refuse to treat on religious grounds?
Anybody who deals with the public outside a strictly religious context has no right to act on religious grounds in any civilized society.
2007-07-27 09:22:27 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Well he was within his rights, but it doesn't seem fair that he is able to force someone else to bow to his beliefs
He is working in a pharmacist shop people should be able to buy what they want.
If someone was prescribed a drug that was against his belief by a doctor would he refuse to fill the prescription?
If he is uncomfortable he should seek other employment
2007-07-27 09:29:36 · answer #8 · answered by trish 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Agree with Caicos Turkey
2007-07-27 11:13:02 · answer #9 · answered by st.abbs 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is not his place to decide who can and can't have certain drugs, he is there to serve people who are walking into a chemist for help. It is an illegal act to force your religious beliefs onto another especially in a situation like this....he should change his ways, apologise or lose his job......!
2007-07-27 09:22:20 · answer #10 · answered by Karleos 2 · 4⤊ 3⤋