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In reply to the discussion: Illinois Court Permits Religious Pharmacists To Refuse To Dispense Emergency Contraception [View all]LizW
(5,377 posts)2. I hope they have to put up a sign outside
stating that they pick and choose which drugs they dispense based on their religious judgment of customers' behavior. Then people can decided to take all their business elsewhere.
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Illinois Court Permits Religious Pharmacists To Refuse To Dispense Emergency Contraception [View all]
midnight
Sep 2012
OP
people who are not willing to do their WHOLE jobs, in this case, dispensing ALL legal drugs,
niyad
Sep 2012
#1
Thanks for informing me.... I suppose they are advertising that they have had a break from reality.
midnight
Sep 2012
#48
potone this is a really good question about the patients religious freedom.... I too would love to
midnight
Sep 2012
#7
and what about the town that only has ONE pharmacy? and the next town or village over also
niyad
Sep 2012
#19
The easy refutation to your strawman is to ask how many of those really exist
ProgressiveProfessor
Sep 2012
#20
A pharmacist is not merely a simple retail employee, and neither is a pharmacy a simple retailer.
David__77
Sep 2012
#25
This video clearly show why it's time to put the breaks on the religious Taliban in this
midnight
Sep 2012
#41
One could argue some sort of religious accommodation should be made per Federal law
ProgressiveProfessor
Sep 2012
#12
Seriously, a pharmacist refusing to dispense medications based on their religion...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2012
#33
Neither regular contraceptives nor emergency contraceptives are rare medications...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2012
#54
Proper response:allow physicians to sell pharmaceuticals in their offices.
McCamy Taylor
Sep 2012
#13
That has been problematic in the past...and is somewhat banned by law
ProgressiveProfessor
Sep 2012
#16
Seems to me as long as the price is fair in the market it should be good
ProgressiveProfessor
Sep 2012
#46
Yes... And so why shouldn't all birth control be that way... Can you imagine men
midnight
Sep 2012
#50
I remember when buying motrin required a script... Now you can buy it without a script... Not sure
midnight
Sep 2012
#55
What??!! Doctors who do this (and it is legal as I'm sure you know this since you are an MD)
riderinthestorm
Sep 2012
#17
There were stories about muslim grocery cashiers not wanting to touch pork
ProgressiveProfessor
Sep 2012
#22
Generally a reasonable accomodation is being able to perform the minimal amount of work required...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2012
#34
So if a pharmacist converts to Christian Scientist can he sit on his ass and tell people to
CBGLuthier
Sep 2012
#53