On the latest issue of Pharmacists with a Conscience

[weaktwos]

What's all this bull I'm hearing about a growing number of "pro-life" pharmacists not dispensing birth control due to their beliefs?

Yet another indication that religion is spinning out of control in this country.

If you want to become a public defense lawyer, and yet you despise the notion of defending someone who might be guilty, you best not become a defense attorney.

If you want to become a plumber, but you hate being knee deep in disgusting refuse, you best not become a plumber.

If you are a fast food employee, but you hate making fast food, you shouldn't be in that job.

Plain and simple. The job you do will invariably come into conflict with your personal beliefs in some fashion. And if you find that objectionable, you need to find employment elsewhere.

A pharmacist's job is not to place judgment on the drugs being dispensed. The doctor takes care of that. You fill the order, and you dispense it.

I don't understand why this has to be so complicated, except you've got people who went into the wrong job.

Comments

[tunskit.livejournal.com]

You know, it occurred to me that by this reasoning, these pro-life pharmacists should be refusing to fill any category D or X drug for women of childbearing age, since those drugs have high potential or known risk for causing birth defects and/or fetal mortality. If they're going to object on the basis of protecting a potential human life, why not go all out? *eye roll* I tell ya', religion is a dangerous thing, especially in the wrong hands.

[lavenderjones.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately for a great majority of the planet, religion IS in the wrong hands. *sigh* What a lovely Icon!

[pacalissanctum.livejournal.com]

Makes me wonder, too, if all the men that come in with Viagra or Cialis prescriptions get asked if they are in married, monogamous relationships and only need the drugs so they can get ready to procreate before their scrips are filled.

[libidoergosum.livejournal.com]

you KNOW they don't!! I think all this mass marketing of penis drugs is a bad idea. I could probably go on for days about it, but that's counterproductive.


In terms of the pharmacist, I'm surprised the two women didn't physically assault him and demand the drugs in exchange for his life. If I were one of those two, that probably owuld have been my M/O.

[pacalissanctum.livejournal.com]

One of the pharmacists in one of these cases in Texas is a woman. :/ That makes me even more sad, for some reason.

[libidoergosum.livejournal.com]

that's just fucked up... that's so FUBAR'ed that it makes my brain hurt.

[pacalissanctum.livejournal.com]

Luckily, the pharmacy association here actually does not state that a pharmacist can object on moral grounds, only if there is danger of interaction/overdose with heavy narcotics or other drugs (so, basically, for medical cause not 'moral' ones).

[libidoergosum.livejournal.com]

those are legitimate concerns. I'm fortunate enough to be on an Army Post, pharmacists have to play by DoD rules. :)

[pacalissanctum.livejournal.com]

It aggravates me, esp. since I've been on some form of hormonal birth control since I was 15 (nearly 1/2 my life) because of other issues. No pharmacist needs to know why I take something and pass judgement. It was so much easier when I was a military dependent...they just filled and handed over. Alas, I grew up and lost my eligibility.

[libidoergosum.livejournal.com]

that truly blows.

[pacalissanctum.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and what's scary is that if some have their way, I'd not be allowed to have it, even though it's much more pleasant for everyone involved that I be on it. Pretty sad I was on it nearly 8 full years before I actually had the sex.

Although, I am going to try giving myself a hormone free period of time in my life and am taking myself off bc. It can't be good to continuously be on them for 15 years, so I think it might be time to try a break. I'm hoping that I won't kill too many people...

[libidoergosum.livejournal.com]

do keep a public tally of the body count. I'll see how it compares to mine while I'm on deployment.

[pacalissanctum.livejournal.com]

Deal. :)

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

I think I would create a religion on the spot that says it's against my religion to let Pharmacists who fail to fill prescriptions live. After all, if Congress can pass a law for one person, I can create a religion that reviles one type of one job function.