forbidden from filling presecriptions for birth control to a woman they know is unmarried or viagra to men they know to be gay?
2007-09-05 08:40:53 · 7 answers · asked by pixie_pagan 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If so and there is no other pharmacist on duty to help the customer, is there legal action that can be taken?
2007-09-05 08:41:48 · update #1
I have a Christian friend who is a gynecologist and prescribes it.
They were hired knowing they would have to do that so Why would they get upset?
2007-09-05 08:55:08 · answer #1 · answered by Bobbie 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If there was only, like, ONE pharmacy in every city, there might be a case made that a Christian pharmacist acting on his/her own religious beliefs might be causing a hardship by not filling a certain Rx. However, that's not at all true. There are many, many pharmacies out there.
Pharmacists are HUMAN BEINGS. They should not be forced to do something they believe is morally wrong. They should have the same freedom of religion that everybody else in this country has.
Doctors are not forced to do things that are against their personal religious beliefs. Why do people think it's okay to force pharmacists to do things that are against their religious beliefs? If a pharmacist cannot fill your Rx due to his religion, then you just go down the street to the other pharmacy. Vote with your pocketbook. Let him/her be free to practice his/her religion while you're free to do whatever you want to do.
I know some pharmacists who own their own pharmacies. They do not stock Plan B or birth control pills because it's against their religious beliefs. If somebody comes in with an Rx for those items, they just say, "Sorry, we don't stock that." They're not forcing their religion down anybody's throats.
I know another guy who doesn't believe in using birth control or Plan B. When a woman comes in with a birth control Rx, he knows she might be using it for some therapeutic reason so he won't deny it to her. However, he also makes sure she knows what the side effects are. He takes the time to get to know these women because he's seen way too many of them develop liver problems, heart problems, etc. He stresses the importance of them monitoring their health in areas where the Pill & other hormonal b/c are known to cause problems. Most of these women are NOT well-educated by the dr. who Rxed the Pill and don't ever read the insert that tells them all the side effects, so he feels it is his job to make sure they know all the risks, so they can protect their health as best as they can. Some women have gotten off the pill after he's pointed out the problems and they've seen the symptoms happening.
He will not dispense Plan B. So far, his employer has not made him carry it. If they have to carry it, he says he will quit and find a job elsewhere. In the meantime, though, he's caught a doctor Rxing regular birth control pills in super-dosage to make it work like Plan B. He always calls the dr and tells her to find another pharmacy, because he's not going to be party to an abortion. She's stopped sending those Rxs to him. There are other pharmacies -- it's no hardship.
2007-09-05 16:19:42 · answer #2 · answered by sparki777 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope to the first set of questions, and as for the legal reprocussions, I have no idea. If a Christian were to do that, it's certainly not because it's in the Bible. They're doing that on their own.
2007-09-05 15:50:32 · answer #3 · answered by Thomas The Servant 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually i JUST read an article about this a few weeks ago. no theres nothing you can really do. the companies cant fire them. and all the customer can do is complain.
but if you ask me, a Christian, - thats RIDICULOUS, i respect your beliefs and i expect mine to be respected, however if you cant handle all aspects of ur job, SEEK EMPLOYMENT ELSEWHERE.
thats like someone whose religious beliefs are not to eat meet applying for a job as a taste tester - its positively stupid - and if i was on birth control and someone refused me my prescription - youd better believe id make sure everyone in that store and their corporate office knew this employee was not capable of handling thier responsibilities.
and in the article i was reading, the people it was based on didnt say something to the effect of "let me get someone that can assist you" they straight up denied the customers. WOW is all i can say.
2007-09-05 15:50:38 · answer #4 · answered by snuggler 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Forget the lawsuit. Allow people their personal beliefs. You must be the report-happy troll here on YA.
2007-09-05 15:49:15 · answer #5 · answered by CJ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some of them do, and it's an ongoing legal issue, yes:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0426/p11s01-usju.html
2007-09-05 15:49:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, they are not forbidden.
2007-09-05 15:46:34 · answer #7 · answered by Faye 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋