Last Gasp of a Dying Patriarchy?

re: Last Gasp of a Dying Patriarchy?

Bunny — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:21:08 GMT

It's all well and good that your town has 6 pharmacies, but there are lots of other small towns that have only one. And if you need a morning after pill, every hour makes a difference in terms of whether it works or not.

I say: if you object to dispensing drugs, don't work at a freaking pharmacy, and if you object to dispensing birth control, don't work in a field like women's health where that's a lot of what they're asking for. Go find something to do that, god forbid, matches up with your ethics.

re: Last Gasp of a Dying Patriarchy?

EG — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:10:06 GMT

Regardless of the need or efficacy about this type of protection to employees, do you really think that this is going to prevent anyone from getting what they want/ need? To your point, someone opposed to abortion doesn't work in an abortion clinic. It's unlikely that every single person who works in a pharmacy is fundamentally opposed to the morning-after pill, but even so, I doubt that anyone in this position would let one pharmacy stop them from getting it. I live in a small town. We have 6 pharmacies I can think of off the top of my head.

The bigger issue is whether this proposal will DO anything other than wasting money.

re: Last Gasp of a Dying Patriarchy?

Dan — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:09:10 GMT

Do you really think a person whose doctor says he\she won't kill their baby or whose pharmacist won't dispense birth control, etc won't look elsewhere? Seriously, a doctor with convictions shouldn't be forced to do something that in no way goes against their oath to do all they can to protect the lives of their patients. I'm sure there are doctors out there who won't prescribe medicines like viagara, ritalin, or certain diet pills because of their convictions on those matters. Their patients probably just go somewhere else. As would patients in these circumstances.

Your point about whether or not anyone is being discriminated against or punished for sticking to their convictions is valid though. But I doubt this was just made an issue because someone thinks they could be. What would you say if federal funding, lawsuits, etc were being brought up against these people? Would that be good in your opinion? If not, then there is no harm in this order.

re: Last Gasp of a Dying Patriarchy?

JeanneSager — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:39:32 GMT

And yet they're just fine handing out a big bottle of Viagra so guys can get it up to make more babies. What happened to the hippocratic oath here people?