Thursday, December 01, 2005

Morals and Prescriptions

So four pharmacists in Illinois have been suspended (article). First off this isn't the "morning after pill" that actually aborts the baby this one just releases a chemical to make the egg think its already been fertilized so that no sperm can fertilize it. If actual conception has already occurred it wouldn't abort the baby.

My question is should pharmacists be able to deny a patient their a prescription on moral grounds? Because I could see some people having moral objections to the regular "pill" which has other uses besides just contraception. Or what if there is some disease that runs rampant in a certain community that religions might object to, a cure is found, can the pharmacists not fill that prescription because they object to the way that person lives?

1 Comments:

At 7:41 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I could see a situation where a pharmacist could decline, and offer up a coworker to fill the prescription, or something.

It's dicey.

 

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