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"Harry Hope" |
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06 May 2005 06:27:32 AM |
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Walgreens allows lunatic pharmacists not to fill prescriptions. |
http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/4454234/detail.html
May 5, 2005
Pharmacist Refuses To Fill Prescriptions For Moral Reasons
Walgreens Allows Pharmacists To Not Dispense Drugs They Object To
MILWAUKEE --
A WISN 12 News investigation has discovered that a Milwaukee-area
pharmacist has refused to fill prescriptions for women citing
religious reasons.
A Milwaukee mother of six walked into a north side Walgreens with a
prescription for the so-called morning after pill.
The woman, who 12 News is not identifying, said it was a difficult
decision.
"Financially, I wouldn't be able to afford having another child," Jane
Doe said.
She asked 12 News to disguise her identity -- afraid of backlash from
those who might judge her.
"I mean, I guess I was desperate," Doe said.
Doctors prescribe the pill to prevent pregnancy.
It should be taken within 72 hours of conception.
"It was right after New Year's weekend. I got it as soon as I could,"
Doe said.
But the pharmacist refused to fill her prescription.
"She just told me that she will not fill it. That she's Catholic, and
it's murder," Doe said.
Then, she said, before a crowded waiting area, the pharmacist berated
her.
"'You're a murderer. I will not help you kill this baby. I will not
have the blood on my hands,'" Doe said.
"I tried to explain to her that it's emergency contraceptives, that
it's not an abortion pill. She then snatched the form from me, that
the prescription was attached to, telling me the paper was full of
lies, and she won't be a part of it. I was crying, shaking, upset, so
embarrassed. I wanted to run out of the store and hope nobody else
could get a good look at me."
"So, did you ever get your emergency contraceptives?" 12 News Senior
Investigative Reporter Colleen Henry asked.
"No, I never received that one," Doe said.
"And you became pregnant?" Henry asked.
"I did become pregnant, and I had to terminate the pregnancy. It was
very hard. And I didn't want to be what she called me. But that's what
I ended up being," Doe said.
The woman claimed she's emotionally distressed, that Walgreens
breached her privacy and discriminated against her.
Her lawyer said Walgreens failed to ensure its female customers have
the same access to reproductive health care as men.
"Condoms are sold there, very easily, very accessible. Viagra ... and
I suspect there is no situation where that pharmacist has said to a
man, 'I think there's something wrong in you taking Viagra,'" attorney
Tricia Knight said.
WISN 12 News wanted to see for itself so it sent producers wearing
hidden cameras back to the Walgreens pharmacist to ask about the
morning after pill.
"I won't dispense it. You have to wait until the next pharmacist comes
in at 2 p.m.," pharmacist Michelle Long (pictured, right) said.
"You said you won't do it, why?" the producer asked.
"Because I'm Catholic, and it's against my religion," Long said.
Later, Long explained her position to another undercover 12 News
staffer.
"It's a chemical abortion. If there is a fertilized egg, it prevents
it from implanting, which causes a chemical abortion," Long said.
"Isn't this pill legal?" the staffer asked.
"It's legal. It's legal, yeah," Long said.
I'm just confused. I don't know why, if it's legal, why can't have
it?" the staffer asked.
"Regular abortion procedures are legal also, but not everybody in the
country believes in it," Long said.
Each time, Long was consistent in her position.
WISN 12 News went to Long to ask about the woman's complaint.
"She said that you refused to fill her morning after pill
prescription, that you called her a baby-killer, and said you didn't
want blood on your hands," Henry stated.
"No, I'm sure I didn't say that. No, I'm quite positive I wouldn't say
that," Long responded.
"Do you fill prescriptions for the morning after pill?" Henry asked.
"No," Long said.
"Is that for religious reasons?" Henry asked.
"Yes," Long answered.
Walgreens policy allows pharmacists to refuse to dispense drugs they
object to.
"If a pharmacist does refuse, we require the pharmacist to pass the
prescription on to another pharmacist at that location, or to another
pharmacy," a Walgreens spokesman told 12 News.
"It's like she's trying to play God or something," Doe said.
But the woman believes Walgreens' policy is selling women short.
"What's been the hardest thing for you in all of this?" Henry asked.
"Having to have an abortion. I feel like it didn't have to get to that
point. It could have been prevented. That's what I was attempting to
do," Doe said.
"She became pregnant. She had an abortion. She says that it was
because you wouldn't fill her morning after pill prescription," Henry
told Long.
"This is the first I'm hearing about it, so I'm not really prepared to
comment on that," Long said.
Long told 12 News she feels strongly about her beliefs and would like
to talk more about them, but Walgreens advised her not to comment, and
told Henry they have no official record of the woman's complaint.
Long was not confrontational with the 12 News producers who asked
about emergency contraception.
A state lawmaker has introduced a bill to give pharmacists a so-called
conscience clause -- legal protection for refusing to dispense a
prescription.
It would be the same way the law protects doctors who opt out of
procedures they find immoral.
Wisconsin was the first state to reprimand a pharmacist who refused to
fill a college student's prescription for birth control pills.
Pharmacist Neil Noesen is now at the center of a national firestorm.
__________________________________________________________
What a country we've become, eh?
Harry
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06 May 2005 07:31:24 AM |
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"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/4454234/detail.html
May 5, 2005
Pharmacist Refuses To Fill Prescriptions For Moral Reasons
Walgreens Allows Pharmacists To Not Dispense Drugs They Object To
Is Walgreens a business or a political foundation?
What other businesses let the EMPLOYEES set policy?
MILWAUKEE --
A WISN 12 News investigation has discovered that a Milwaukee-area
pharmacist has refused to fill prescriptions for women citing
religious reasons.
A Milwaukee mother of six walked into a north side Walgreens with a
prescription for the so-called morning after pill.
The woman, who 12 News is not identifying, said it was a difficult
decision.
"Financially, I wouldn't be able to afford having another child," Jane
Doe said.
She asked 12 News to disguise her identity -- afraid of backlash from
those who might judge her.
"I mean, I guess I was desperate," Doe said.
Doctors prescribe the pill to prevent pregnancy.
It should be taken within 72 hours of conception.
"It was right after New Year's weekend. I got it as soon as I could,"
Doe said.
But the pharmacist refused to fill her prescription.
"She just told me that she will not fill it. That she's Catholic, and
it's murder," Doe said.
Then, she said, before a crowded waiting area, the pharmacist berated
her.
"'You're a murderer. I will not help you kill this baby. I will not
have the blood on my hands,'" Doe said.
"I tried to explain to her that it's emergency contraceptives, that
it's not an abortion pill. She then snatched the form from me, that
the prescription was attached to, telling me the paper was full of
lies, and she won't be a part of it. I was crying, shaking, upset, so
embarrassed. I wanted to run out of the store and hope nobody else
could get a good look at me."
"So, did you ever get your emergency contraceptives?" 12 News Senior
Investigative Reporter Colleen Henry asked.
"No, I never received that one," Doe said.
"And you became pregnant?" Henry asked.
"I did become pregnant, and I had to terminate the pregnancy. It was
very hard. And I didn't want to be what she called me. But that's what
I ended up being," Doe said.
The woman claimed she's emotionally distressed, that Walgreens
breached her privacy and discriminated against her.
Her lawyer said Walgreens failed to ensure its female customers have
the same access to reproductive health care as men.
"Condoms are sold there, very easily, very accessible. Viagra ... and
I suspect there is no situation where that pharmacist has said to a
man, 'I think there's something wrong in you taking Viagra,'" attorney
Tricia Knight said.
WISN 12 News wanted to see for itself so it sent producers wearing
hidden cameras back to the Walgreens pharmacist to ask about the
morning after pill.
"I won't dispense it. You have to wait until the next pharmacist comes
in at 2 p.m.," pharmacist Michelle Long (pictured, right) said.
"You said you won't do it, why?" the producer asked.
"Because I'm Catholic, and it's against my religion," Long said.
Later, Long explained her position to another undercover 12 News
staffer.
"It's a chemical abortion. If there is a fertilized egg, it prevents
it from implanting, which causes a chemical abortion," Long said.
"Isn't this pill legal?" the staffer asked.
"It's legal. It's legal, yeah," Long said.
I'm just confused. I don't know why, if it's legal, why can't have
it?" the staffer asked.
"Regular abortion procedures are legal also, but not everybody in the
country believes in it," Long said.
Each time, Long was consistent in her position.
WISN 12 News went to Long to ask about the woman's complaint.
"She said that you refused to fill her morning after pill
prescription, that you called her a baby-killer, and said you didn't
want blood on your hands," Henry stated.
"No, I'm sure I didn't say that. No, I'm quite positive I wouldn't say
that," Long responded.
"Do you fill prescriptions for the morning after pill?" Henry asked.
"No," Long said.
"Is that for religious reasons?" Henry asked.
"Yes," Long answered.
Walgreens policy allows pharmacists to refuse to dispense drugs they
object to.
"If a pharmacist does refuse, we require the pharmacist to pass the
prescription on to another pharmacist at that location, or to another
pharmacy," a Walgreens spokesman told 12 News.
"It's like she's trying to play God or something," Doe said.
But the woman believes Walgreens' policy is selling women short.
"What's been the hardest thing for you in all of this?" Henry asked.
"Having to have an abortion. I feel like it didn't have to get to that
point. It could have been prevented. That's what I was attempting to
do," Doe said.
"She became pregnant. She had an abortion. She says that it was
because you wouldn't fill her morning after pill prescription," Henry
told Long.
"This is the first I'm hearing about it, so I'm not really prepared to
comment on that," Long said.
Long told 12 News she feels strongly about her beliefs and would like
to talk more about them, but Walgreens advised her not to comment, and
told Henry they have no official record of the woman's complaint.
Long was not confrontational with the 12 News producers who asked
about emergency contraception.
A state lawmaker has introduced a bill to give pharmacists a so-called
conscience clause -- legal protection for refusing to dispense a
prescription.
It would be the same way the law protects doctors who opt out of
procedures they find immoral.
Wisconsin was the first state to reprimand a pharmacist who refused to
fill a college student's prescription for birth control pills.
Pharmacist Neil Noesen is now at the center of a national firestorm.
__________________________________________________________
What a country we've become, eh?
Harry
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| User: "Bishop The" |
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06 May 2005 09:09:40 AM |
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On 6-May-2005, "Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote:
Pharmacist Refuses To Fill Prescriptions For Moral Reasons
Walgreens Allows Pharmacists To Not Dispense Drugs They Object To
Is Walgreens a business or a political foundation?
What other businesses let the EMPLOYEES set policy?
Correct you are. Next, they'll be refusing to sell food to fat-asses
over 250 pounds. With cigarettes, they just keep raising the price
until the average person can't afford them. With drinking, they
just keep lowering the legal DUI level (0.08 here), used to be
0.140, then before that it was 0.20.
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| User: "Bill" |
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06 May 2005 11:24:58 AM |
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"Bishop" <The Bishop@OnTheBoard.Com> wrote in message
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On 6-May-2005, "Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote:
Pharmacist Refuses To Fill Prescriptions For Moral Reasons
Walgreens Allows Pharmacists To Not Dispense Drugs They Object To
Is Walgreens a business or a political foundation?
What other businesses let the EMPLOYEES set policy?
Actually, the employees are not setting the policy, they're following it. I
realize a group as uneducated as conservatives have a tough time
understanding this, but some people who actually graduate high school go
onto college and do even more learning. Pharmacists are one such group of
people. Unlike most doctors, pharmacists are not paid off by the drug
companies to push addictive prescription drugs on you, so they're probably
one of the few people in the medical industry who truly give a ***** about
your wellbeing with no hidden agenda.
Correct you are. Next, they'll be refusing to sell food to fat-asses
over 250 pounds. With cigarettes, they just keep raising the price
until the average person can't afford them. With drinking, they
just keep lowering the legal DUI level (0.08 here), used to be
0.140, then before that it was 0.20.
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| User: "ouroboros rex" |
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06 May 2005 12:03:08 PM |
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"Bill" <bz1978@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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"Bishop" <The Bishop@OnTheBoard.Com> wrote in message
news:EUKee.11673$9n1.3082@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com...
On 6-May-2005, "Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote:
Pharmacist Refuses To Fill Prescriptions For Moral Reasons
Walgreens Allows Pharmacists To Not Dispense Drugs They Object To
Is Walgreens a business or a political foundation?
What other businesses let the EMPLOYEES set policy?
Actually, the employees are not setting the policy, they're following it.
Cite?
"If a pharmacist does refuse, we require the pharmacist to pass the
prescription on to another pharmacist at that location, or to another
pharmacy," a Walgreens spokesman told 12 News."
I
realize a group as uneducated as conservatives have a tough time
understanding this, but some people who actually graduate high school go
onto college and do even more learning. Pharmacists are one such group of
people. Unlike most doctors, pharmacists are not paid off by the drug
companies to push addictive prescription drugs on you, so they're probably
one of the few people in the medical industry who truly give a ***** about
your wellbeing with no hidden agenda.
"I won't dispense it. You have to wait until the next pharmacist comes
in at 2 p.m.," pharmacist Michelle Long (pictured, right) said."
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| User: "Roger" |
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06 May 2005 05:08:14 PM |
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"ouroboros rex" <c-bee1@itg.uiuc.edu> wrote in message
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"Bill" <bz1978@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
news:4WMee.14149$VL3.768557@news20.bellglobal.com...
"Bishop" <The Bishop@OnTheBoard.Com> wrote in message
news:EUKee.11673$9n1.3082@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com...
On 6-May-2005, "Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote:
Pharmacist Refuses To Fill Prescriptions For Moral Reasons
Walgreens Allows Pharmacists To Not Dispense Drugs They Object To
Is Walgreens a business or a political foundation?
What other businesses let the EMPLOYEES set policy?
Actually, the employees are not setting the policy, they're following it.
Cite?
"If a pharmacist does refuse, we require the pharmacist to pass the
prescription on to another pharmacist at that location, or to another
pharmacy," a Walgreens spokesman told 12 News."
I
realize a group as uneducated as conservatives have a tough time
understanding this, but some people who actually graduate high school go
onto college and do even more learning. Pharmacists are one such group of
people. Unlike most doctors, pharmacists are not paid off by the drug
companies to push addictive prescription drugs on you, so they're
probably
one of the few people in the medical industry who truly give a ***** about
your wellbeing with no hidden agenda.
"I won't dispense it. You have to wait until the next pharmacist comes
in at 2 p.m.," pharmacist Michelle Long (pictured, right) said."
The real story is that it's hard to find pharmacists. They have almost as
much education as doctors, but dispense pills.
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| User: "zzbunker" |
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06 May 2005 12:22:07 PM |
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ouroboros rex wrote:
"Bill" <bz1978@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
news:4WMee.14149$VL3.768557@news20.bellglobal.com...
"Bishop" <The Bishop@OnTheBoard.Com> wrote in message
news:EUKee.11673$9n1.3082@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com...
On 6-May-2005, "Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote:
Pharmacist Refuses To Fill Prescriptions For Moral Reasons
Walgreens Allows Pharmacists To Not Dispense Drugs They Object To
Is Walgreens a business or a political foundation?
What other businesses let the EMPLOYEES set policy?
Actually, the employees are not setting the policy, they're following it.
Cite?
"If a pharmacist does refuse, we require the pharmacist to pass the
prescription on to another pharmacist at that location, or to another
pharmacy," a Walgreens spokesman told 12 News."
I
realize a group as uneducated as conservatives have a tough time
understanding this, but some people who actually graduate high school go
onto college and do even more learning. Pharmacists are one such group of
people. Unlike most doctors, pharmacists are not paid off by the drug
companies to push addictive prescription drugs on you, so they're probably
one of the few people in the medical industry who truly give a ***** about
your wellbeing with no hidden agenda.
"I won't dispense it. You have to wait until the next pharmacist comes
in at 2 p.m.," pharmacist Michelle Long (pictured, right) said."
Well, that's the best wat to prevent addiction.
Since the doctors who do the stock at walgrens are
Pakistani doctors to begin with. So the
problem with pakstani doctors has been teaching
the morons how to speach hindu. Since the Indian
doctors who do the stock for Candian and AT&T
call-in cocaine service have already
been returned to Mexico, as ill-gotten
severely low IQ Texan Walmart goods.
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| User: "Roger" |
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06 May 2005 05:07:12 PM |
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"Bill" <bz1978@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
news:4WMee.14149$VL3.768557@news20.bellglobal.com...
"Bishop" <The Bishop@OnTheBoard.Com> wrote in message
news:EUKee.11673$9n1.3082@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com...
On 6-May-2005, "Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote:
Pharmacist Refuses To Fill Prescriptions For Moral Reasons
Walgreens Allows Pharmacists To Not Dispense Drugs They Object To
Is Walgreens a business or a political foundation?
What other businesses let the EMPLOYEES set policy?
Actually, the employees are not setting the policy, they're following it.
I
realize a group as uneducated as conservatives have a tough time
understanding this, but some people who actually graduate high school go
onto college and do even more learning. Pharmacists are one such group of
people. Unlike most doctors, pharmacists are not paid off by the drug
companies to push addictive prescription drugs on you, so they're probably
one of the few people in the medical industry who truly give a ***** about
your wellbeing with no hidden agenda.
The "morning after pill" is not addictive. It is approved by the FDA, so
it's safe if properly used.
They are pushing THEIR PERSONAL moral agenda.
Correct you are. Next, they'll be refusing to sell food to fat-asses
over 250 pounds. With cigarettes, they just keep raising the price
until the average person can't afford them. With drinking, they
just keep lowering the legal DUI level (0.08 here), used to be
0.140, then before that it was 0.20.
.
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| User: "Ed Medlin" |
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09 May 2005 07:20:47 AM |
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"Ed Medlin" <ed@edmedlin.com> wrote in message
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"Bishop" <The Bishop@OnTheBoard.Com> wrote in message
news:EUKee.11673$9n1.3082@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com...
On 6-May-2005, "Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote:
Pharmacist Refuses To Fill Prescriptions For Moral Reasons
Walgreens Allows Pharmacists To Not Dispense Drugs They Object To
Is Walgreens a business or a political foundation?
What other businesses let the EMPLOYEES set policy?
Actually, the employees are not setting the policy, they're following
it. I
realize a group as uneducated as conservatives have a tough time
understanding this, but some people who actually graduate high school
go
onto college and do even more learning. Pharmacists are one such group
of
people. Unlike most doctors, pharmacists are not paid off by the drug
companies to push addictive prescription drugs on you, so they're
probably
one of the few people in the medical industry who truly give a *****
about
your wellbeing with no hidden agenda.
The "morning after pill" is not addictive. It is approved by the FDA, so
it's safe if properly used.
They are pushing THEIR PERSONAL moral agenda.
There are probably 50 Walgreens in the Milwaukee area and countless other
pharmacies so no one was "damaged" by this single pharmacist's refusal.
We do have protected individual rights in this country and if this
particular person's beliefs were infringed upon by selling a particular
medication, the customer could easily go elsewhere. If a convenience
store refuses to sell alcohol, is that a crime also? It is legal too.
The morning after pill DOES NOT cause abortions.
Walgreens could take the pills off their shelves if they wanted too. They
can sell whatever they care too. If they care to respect the values of their
employees, good for them. They would rather lose a sale than compromise an
employee's values. Their is nothing wrong with that in my book. I am very
aware of what that pill does. It just compromises conception. If an employee
doesn't believe in contraception as a matter of religion or personal values
and Walgreens respects that person's values, what is wrong with that?
Milwaukee is a large metro area with a lot of other drug stores to go to.
Ed
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| User: "Roger" |
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09 May 2005 07:39:29 AM |
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"Bishop" <The Bishop@OnTheBoard.Com> wrote in message
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On 6-May-2005, "Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote:
Pharmacist Refuses To Fill Prescriptions For Moral Reasons
Walgreens Allows Pharmacists To Not Dispense Drugs They Object To
Is Walgreens a business or a political foundation?
What other businesses let the EMPLOYEES set policy?
Actually, the employees are not setting the policy, they're following
it. I
realize a group as uneducated as conservatives have a tough time
understanding this, but some people who actually graduate high school
go
onto college and do even more learning. Pharmacists are one such group
of
people. Unlike most doctors, pharmacists are not paid off by the drug
companies to push addictive prescription drugs on you, so they're
probably
one of the few people in the medical industry who truly give a *****
about
your wellbeing with no hidden agenda.
The "morning after pill" is not addictive. It is approved by the FDA,
so it's safe if properly used.
They are pushing THEIR PERSONAL moral agenda.
There are probably 50 Walgreens in the Milwaukee area and countless
other pharmacies so no one was "damaged" by this single pharmacist's
refusal. We do have protected individual rights in this country and if
this particular person's beliefs were infringed upon by selling a
particular medication, the customer could easily go elsewhere. If a
convenience store refuses to sell alcohol, is that a crime also? It is
legal too.
The morning after pill DOES NOT cause abortions.
Walgreens could take the pills off their shelves if they wanted too. They
can sell whatever they care too. If they care to respect the values of
their employees, good for them. They would rather lose a sale than
compromise an employee's values. Their is nothing wrong with that in my
book. I am very aware of what that pill does. It just compromises
conception. If an employee doesn't believe in contraception as a matter of
religion or personal values and Walgreens respects that person's values,
what is wrong with that? Milwaukee is a large metro area with a lot of
other drug stores to go to.
Have you ever heard of an employee deciding what they will sell?
If a bookstore employee doesn't like Playboy or books with naked people, can
they decide not to sell it?
If a music store employee doesn't like Rap music, can they not sell it?
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| User: "z" |
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| Title: Re: Walgreens allows lunatic pharmacists not to fill prescriptions. |
09 May 2005 11:36:09 AM |
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Ed Medlin wrote:
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"Bishop" <The Bishop@OnTheBoard.Com> wrote in message
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On 6-May-2005, "Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote:
Pharmacist Refuses To Fill Prescriptions For Moral Reasons
Walgreens Allows Pharmacists To Not Dispense Drugs They
Object To
Is Walgreens a business or a political foundation?
What other businesses let the EMPLOYEES set policy?
Actually, the employees are not setting the policy, they're
following
it. I
realize a group as uneducated as conservatives have a tough time
understanding this, but some people who actually graduate high
school
go
onto college and do even more learning. Pharmacists are one such
group
of
people. Unlike most doctors, pharmacists are not paid off by the
drug
companies to push addictive prescription drugs on you, so
they're
probably
one of the few people in the medical industry who truly give a
*****
about
your wellbeing with no hidden agenda.
The "morning after pill" is not addictive. It is approved by the
FDA, so
it's safe if properly used.
They are pushing THEIR PERSONAL moral agenda.
There are probably 50 Walgreens in the Milwaukee area and
countless other
pharmacies so no one was "damaged" by this single pharmacist's
refusal.
We do have protected individual rights in this country and if this
particular person's beliefs were infringed upon by selling a
particular
medication, the customer could easily go elsewhere. If a
convenience
store refuses to sell alcohol, is that a crime also? It is legal
too.
The morning after pill DOES NOT cause abortions.
Walgreens could take the pills off their shelves if they wanted too.
They
can sell whatever they care too. If they care to respect the values
of their
employees, good for them. They would rather lose a sale than
compromise an
employee's values. Their is nothing wrong with that in my book. I am
very
aware of what that pill does. It just compromises conception. If an
employee
doesn't believe in contraception as a matter of religion or personal
values
and Walgreens respects that person's values, what is wrong with that?
Milwaukee is a large metro area with a lot of other drug stores to go
to.
Ed
According to the pharmacist's code of ethics from the pharmacy
association, any pharmacist is free not to dispense anything, but is
ethically required then to inform the customer of where he or she can
get it dispensed. Seems fair enough, except in some little town where
the Walgreens of the world have driven all the little drug stores out
of business and the next pharmacy is 60 miles away (assuming they will
dispense it and not get cold feet themselves).
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| User: "Figaro" |
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09 May 2005 11:32:06 AM |
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On Mon, 09 May 2005 12:20:47 GMT, "Ed Medlin" <ed@edmedlin.com> wrote:
"Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On 6-May-2005, "Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote:
Pharmacist Refuses To Fill Prescriptions For Moral Reasons
Walgreens Allows Pharmacists To Not Dispense Drugs They Object To
Is Walgreens a business or a political foundation?
What other businesses let the EMPLOYEES set policy?
Actually, the employees are not setting the policy, they're following
it. I
realize a group as uneducated as conservatives have a tough time
understanding this, but some people who actually graduate high school
go
onto college and do even more learning. Pharmacists are one such group
of
people. Unlike most doctors, pharmacists are not paid off by the drug
companies to push addictive prescription drugs on you, so they're
probably
one of the few people in the medical industry who truly give a *****
about
your wellbeing with no hidden agenda.
The "morning after pill" is not addictive. It is approved by the FDA, so
it's safe if properly used.
They are pushing THEIR PERSONAL moral agenda.
There are probably 50 Walgreens in the Milwaukee area and countless other
pharmacies so no one was "damaged" by this single pharmacist's refusal.
We do have protected individual rights in this country and if this
particular person's beliefs were infringed upon by selling a particular
medication, the customer could easily go elsewhere. If a convenience
store refuses to sell alcohol, is that a crime also? It is legal too.
The morning after pill DOES NOT cause abortions.
Walgreens could take the pills off their shelves if they wanted too. They
can sell whatever they care too. If they care to respect the values of their
employees, good for them. They would rather lose a sale than compromise an
employee's values. Their is nothing wrong with that in my book. I am very
aware of what that pill does. It just compromises conception. If an employee
doesn't believe in contraception as a matter of religion or personal values
and Walgreens respects that person's values, what is wrong with that?
Milwaukee is a large metro area with a lot of other drug stores to go to.
Ed
And if the prescription happens to be a matter of life and death like--say--medicine
for AIDS and the pharmacist refuses to fill it because of his "personal" values, what
then, especially if he's the only pharmacist in a small town?
Figaro
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| User: "Roger" |
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| Title: Re: Walgreens allows lunatic pharmacists not to fill prescriptions. |
09 May 2005 06:42:05 PM |
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"Figaro" <figaro72x@satx.rr.com> wrote in message
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On Mon, 09 May 2005 12:20:47 GMT, "Ed Medlin" <ed@edmedlin.com> wrote:
"Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"Ed Medlin" <ed@edmedlin.com> wrote in message
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"Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"Bill" <bz1978@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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"Bishop" <The Bishop@OnTheBoard.Com> wrote in message
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On 6-May-2005, "Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote:
Pharmacist Refuses To Fill Prescriptions For Moral Reasons
Walgreens Allows Pharmacists To Not Dispense Drugs They Object
To
Is Walgreens a business or a political foundation?
What other businesses let the EMPLOYEES set policy?
Actually, the employees are not setting the policy, they're following
it. I
realize a group as uneducated as conservatives have a tough time
understanding this, but some people who actually graduate high school
go
onto college and do even more learning. Pharmacists are one such
group
of
people. Unlike most doctors, pharmacists are not paid off by the drug
companies to push addictive prescription drugs on you, so they're
probably
one of the few people in the medical industry who truly give a *****
about
your wellbeing with no hidden agenda.
The "morning after pill" is not addictive. It is approved by the FDA,
so
it's safe if properly used.
They are pushing THEIR PERSONAL moral agenda.
There are probably 50 Walgreens in the Milwaukee area and countless
other
pharmacies so no one was "damaged" by this single pharmacist's refusal.
We do have protected individual rights in this country and if this
particular person's beliefs were infringed upon by selling a particular
medication, the customer could easily go elsewhere. If a convenience
store refuses to sell alcohol, is that a crime also? It is legal too.
The morning after pill DOES NOT cause abortions.
Walgreens could take the pills off their shelves if they wanted too. They
can sell whatever they care too. If they care to respect the values of
their
employees, good for them. They would rather lose a sale than compromise an
employee's values. Their is nothing wrong with that in my book. I am very
aware of what that pill does. It just compromises conception. If an
employee
doesn't believe in contraception as a matter of religion or personal
values
and Walgreens respects that person's values, what is wrong with that?
Milwaukee is a large metro area with a lot of other drug stores to go to.
Ed
And if the prescription happens to be a matter of life and death
like--say--medicine
for AIDS and the pharmacist refuses to fill it because of his "personal"
values, what
then, especially if he's the only pharmacist in a small town?
Righties will claim it's just capitalism. That it's the patient's own fault
for getting AIDS.
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| User: "Bishop The" |
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| Title: Re: Walgreens allows lunatic pharmacists not to fill prescriptions. |
06 May 2005 11:58:46 AM |
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On 6-May-2005, "Bill" <bz1978@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
Pharmacist Refuses To Fill Prescriptions For Moral Reasons
Walgreens Allows Pharmacists To Not Dispense Drugs They Object To
Is Walgreens a business or a political foundation?
What other businesses let the EMPLOYEES set policy?
Actually, the employees are not setting the policy, they're following it.
I
realize a group as uneducated as conservatives have a tough time
understanding this, but some people who actually graduate high school go
onto college and do even more learning. Pharmacists are one such group of
people. Unlike most doctors, pharmacists are not paid off by the drug
companies to push addictive prescription drugs on you, so they're probably
one of the few people in the medical industry who truly give a ***** about
your wellbeing with no hidden agenda.
Yeah right. Their hidden agenda is the same as the anti-abortion groups.
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| User: "tenjets" |
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| Title: Re: Walgreens allows lunatic pharmacists not to fill prescriptions. |
06 May 2005 10:19:07 PM |
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"Bishop" <The Bishop@OnTheBoard.Com> wrote in message
news:anNee.12495$i1.7552@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com...
On 6-May-2005, "Bill" <bz1978@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
Pharmacist Refuses To Fill Prescriptions For Moral Reasons
Walgreens Allows Pharmacists To Not Dispense Drugs They Object To
Is Walgreens a business or a political foundation?
What other businesses let the EMPLOYEES set policy?
Actually, the employees are not setting the policy, they're following it.
I
realize a group as uneducated as conservatives have a tough time
understanding this, but some people who actually graduate high school go
onto college and do even more learning. Pharmacists are one such group of
people. Unlike most doctors, pharmacists are not paid off by the drug
companies to push addictive prescription drugs on you, so they're
probably
one of the few people in the medical industry who truly give a ***** about
your wellbeing with no hidden agenda.
Yeah right. Their hidden agenda is the same as the anti-abortion groups.
Pharmacists have a code of ethics which this particular pharmicist chose to
ignore; that is, a doctor prescribed medication and the pharmacist didn't
fill it. The code of ethics (google it) says that the patient's health is
foremost. This pharmacist should get another job.
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| User: "Rich Travsky" |
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| Title: Re: Walgreens allows lunatic pharmacists not to fill prescriptions. |
09 May 2005 11:54:24 AM |
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Bishop wrote:
On 6-May-2005, "Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote:
Pharmacist Refuses To Fill Prescriptions For Moral Reasons
Walgreens Allows Pharmacists To Not Dispense Drugs They Object To
Is Walgreens a business or a political foundation?
What other businesses let the EMPLOYEES set policy?
Correct you are. Next, they'll be refusing to sell food to fat-asses
over 250 pounds. With cigarettes, they just keep raising the price
Or to non whites...?
until the average person can't afford them. With drinking, they
just keep lowering the legal DUI level (0.08 here), used to be
0.140, then before that it was 0.20.
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| User: "zzbunker" |
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09 May 2005 12:05:32 PM |
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Rich Travsky wrote:
Bishop wrote:
On 6-May-2005, "Roger" <rogerfx@hotmail.com> wrote:
Pharmacist Refuses To Fill Prescriptions For Moral Reasons
Walgreens Allows Pharmacists To Not Dispense Drugs They Object To
Is Walgreens a business or a political foundation?
Walgrens is the thing as Walmart.
Except that Walmart dispenses cheap Chinese prescription,
Pentagon-approved Sunglasses, rather than cheap
Indian prescription, Pentagon-approved fat pills.
Since Pentagons have the same lame medical tradition that
Egyitan Pyarmid builders, Texas, Georgia, and New Pork City does.
They only hire neutrino-bomb idiots like Air Farce Sturgeon Generals,
rather than surgeons, pilots, jets, cars, or doctors.
What other businesses let the EMPLOYEES set policy?
Correct you are. Next, they'll be refusing to sell food to fat-asses
over 250 pounds. With cigarettes, they just keep raising the price
Or to non whites...?
until the average person can't afford them. With drinking, they
just keep lowering the legal DUI level (0.08 here), used to be
0.140, then before that it was 0.20.
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