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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWalgreens Allowed to Fire Pharmacist Over Vaccine Stance
Walgreens' decision to fire a pharmacist who had moral objections to administering flu vaccines wasn't unlawful, a federal judge has ruled.
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Walgreens Allowed to Fire Pharmacist Over Vaccine Stance (Original Post)
Panich52
Feb 2015
OP
When a waitron can refuse to serve meat or alcohol because of moral objections...
MohRokTah
Feb 2015
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marym625
(17,997 posts)1. Good
Now if they would do the same with those that won't sell the day after pills.
Warpy
(111,437 posts)2. If you're too prissy to do your job
of course you're going to get fired.
They need to do this with anti women's health freaks, too.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)3. When a waitron can refuse to serve meat or alcohol because of moral objections...
then pharmacists and doctors will have a case.
smokey nj
(43,853 posts)4. If a person can't reconcile conflicts between their religious/philosophical beliefs and their job
duties the onus is on them to remove themselves from the situation - not make their beliefs everyone else's problem.
greyl
(22,990 posts)5. They should take look at their book aisle, too. nt
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)6. A pharmacy is a house of science.
The people who go there for treatments are people who believe in the efficacy of scientific medicine.
A religious nut has no right to prevent people from receiving the medications they came to the pharmacy for.
If he doesn't believe in science, he has no business behind the counter.
Go preach at a church.