Should a pharmacy with an owner who is against abortion be forced to sell morning after pills in their pharmacy?

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If it is the "Law" then he must abide by it, otherwise he could change his field of work for something more compatible to his beliefs.

That didn't answer the question. The question was SHOULD a pharmacist be forced to do something against their Religious convictions? Directmale 16 months ago .

No one should "force" anyone to do anything. It is an individual choice to be made. The choice is to abide by the law but you are also free to join a picket march to oppose any law.It happens all the time.

If I were a complete vegetarian I certainly would not work in a meat packing job. You have to decide what is right for you.

I think you are missing the point. If you opened a vegetarian restaurant should the government have the right to force you to sell meat products? Directmale 16 months ago .

Laws are brought in and eventually some go out of style and new ones appear. I can think of a 1,001 laws that are inconsequential but since they ARE legal we as citizens must abide by them. You have the right to oppose and/or vote against it.

Here in Canada we've had the ridiculous squabbles over the use or lack of use of the French language. I don't speak it yet all government business must be available in both written languages. Signs in Quebec must have the French words first and in larger size than the English counterpart below it.It's the law and a waste of a business's money to have special signs made but there you are, it's the law.

Just my thoughts.

I am not sure there is a law or not in all jurisdictions. Again, the question is "should" they be forced to, not whether they should follow a law. I do understand your exasperation at lack of free speech in Canada with their French sign ordinances and the "inciteful language" laws.

Directmale 16 months ago .

It's his/her job. S personal feelings and beliefs should not interfere with him doing the job he was hired to do - which is to fill legally obtained perscriptions. If s/he is not willing to do the job s/he was hired to do, then s/he needs to find another job.

BTW - the morning after pill is NOT an abortion pill. It prevents fertilization, or prevents a fertilized egg from implanting. It does not cause abortions.So the pharmacist who might be anti abortion cannot use that as a reason to force their religious beliefs onto others.

The government is trying to force Catholic hospitals to do abortions as well. Prove it.

Morning after pills are against many people's personal religious beliefs. If the pharmacist owns the pharmacy and doesn't want to sell the product people can simply go to the next pharmacy and buy it there. Where does the government get the right to tell private business owners what they have to sell?

Directmale 16 months ago .

Well, I would answer, but this is just another excuse for you to rant about the current government, and pompously announce that your religion is superior, and we should all live our livesd according to your personal beliefs. Yawn. Poor ole guy.It's all slipping away, isn't it?

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Reminds me of the old "Banned in Boston" days. No condoms could be sold because it was dominated by Catholics. Part of those great nostalgic 50's when women got married before they ever had sex, only bad girls had sex and their "reputations were ruined and they could never marry, abortion didn't exist in back alley's and everybody lived exactly like Leave it Beaver.

I wonder how many pharmacies are in Boston. Directmale 16 months ago .

ACLU is not the government. ACLU wants Catholic hospitals to provide abortions in dire emergency situations where the mother's life is at stake. They won't.

If one owns a private company, pharmacy or otherwise, then I guess they can make up their own rules. But employees who work for someone else cannot make the rules for themselves.No one IS forced to fill a prescription for the "morning after pill". They can get another job, rather than the one they have which requires all legal prescriptions to be filled.

I am referring to a pharmacist who owns the pharmacy. I apparently didn't make that clear. Directmale 16 months ago .

Of course any employee can be fired for not doing what his employer wants him to do. Directmale 16 months ago .

He should have picked another profession if he was not willing to fill all prescriptions that are legal to fill.

That didn't answer the question. The question was SHOULD a pharmacist be forced to do something against their Religious convictions? " Yes, there is no place in retail sales for those type of morals.

He should have been a preacher. Does he work on Sunday? Does he sell rubbers?

Does he sell birth control pills? Get out of the business.

Should Jewish and Muslim delis be forced to sell pork products. Should grocery store owners be forced to sell wine and beer? Should Amish businesses be forced to sell electrical appliances?

What is the difference? Directmale 16 months ago .

No, but his employer can and their might be something in the pharmacy creed or code that requires it and common sense and the drug company’s contract should do the trick.

I didn't make myself clear and I apologize. I was referring to a pharmacist who owned the pharmacy. Directmale 16 months ago .

He might be able to refuse to sell morning after pills. But what about his supplier? Would he look at that as breaking the contract?

Yes, of course. The pharmacist is delivering a professional service - the mixing and delivering of drugs. He is not in the business of professional moralist.In your scenario, a pharmacist could refuse to sell drugs to gay men and women because they were gay.

That would also be illegal. If the pharmacist cannot act in a professional manner, he should be fired.

Again, I apologize for not making myself clearer. I should have said pharmacy not pharmacist. Directmale 16 months ago .

To answer the broader question, then. A pharmacy can decide not to sell birth control pills, or the so-called abortion pills, or for that matter condoms or even aspirin. That is a business choice that the pharmacy takes, and it is completely under their discretion.

I have no issues with that at all. That may not be an intelligent business decision, but that's their problem.

Yes. It is not the pharmacist's job to judge the actions of others. "Judge not, lest ye be judged." .

" What a stupid question! Why not say "If you have a vegetarian resturaunt should you be forced to sell cars?" Or lawn care products?

Or scrap metal? You are in business to sell your goods to make money.So be a good Republican and MAKE MONEY! "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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If a person cannot be objective with the medications provided by pharmacies, he has no business being in that field. He wasn't put in that position to judge others. S business is founded upon the actions of the drug companies interacting with the needs of the doctors.

There is no place for him to insert his personal prejudice in that relationship.

Oh and in answer to the question. Abso-darn-lutely. He should do his job or get out of Dodge.

No. I firmly believe an independent owner has the right to run his/her business and sell product as he/she chooses. There are a lot of "laws" that violate the constitution (in my humble opinion).

This is precisely why we need to roll back government intrusion.

Well, that's a good question. People shouldn't be "forced" to do anything against their morality. But the government is all to happy to force people to do things they don't want to do.

The government is trying to force Catholic hospitals to do abortions as well. Despite the fact there are plenty of other hospitals and doctors someone can go to.

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