Fundie Pharmacists suing because they don't want to be forced help women...

SEATTLE - Pharmacists have sued Washington state over a new regulation that requires them to sell emergency contraception, also known as the "morning-after pill."

In a lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday, a pharmacy owner and two pharmacists say the rule that took effect Thursday violates their civil rights by forcing them into choosing between "their livelihoods and their deeply held religious and moral beliefs."

"The stakes really couldn't be much higher," plaintiffs' attorney Kristen Waggoner said.

The state ruled earlier this year that druggists who believe emergency contraceptives are tantamount to abortion cannot stand in the way of a patient's right to the drugs.

The state's Roman Catholic bishops and other opponents predicted a court challenge after the rule was adopted, saying the state was wrongly forcing pharmacists to administer medical treatments they consider immoral.

Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire, who brokered a compromise on the contraceptive rule and pressured the state Board of Pharmacy to adopt it, stood behind the regulation Thursday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070727/ap_on_he_me/refusing_prescriptions

advertise themselves as being "forced birth."

No, of course not. Because then they wouldn't get the chance to give a lecture to some poor unsuspecting woman just trying to mind her own business responsibly.

Easy to fit on little stickers posted on and around the pharmacy.

*nod nod* :-)

It would be a very effective way of warning women that a particular pharm isn't the place to go for reproductive needs.

We can take our BC scripts, our statin scripts, and all our hair gel and nail polish and lipstick purchases elswhere too.

RiteAid bought out one of the pharmacy chains recently. These companies give to the Republican party.

For specific pharmacies that a fundie refuses to fill an order organize a local boycott and call the manager, telling him or her you won't buy there until such orders get filled.

We will not have forced births. Oh and we call it a fetus until it gets born. Don't let idiot fundies call it a baby.

Sadly, I got turned away twice. He made me go to another Target 30 minutes away.

Never went back to that store again.

had the same policy of not stocking emergency contraception. I told all my girlfriends about it as well and, as all of you know, we women can SHOP so it was probably a loss on the part of the local WalMarts. I wonder what their policy is these days?

Seriously, spread the word about those pharmacies - money talks in the States - if nobody shops there and the word gets out of the reason why, you may see change.

I will make a round sticker saying

WARNING: FUNDIE FARMACIST BEWARE OF HIS FORCED BIRTH ACTIONS

I will set the color of the text to RED BOLD LETTERS

you can check for the product at http://www.dmocrats.org

and look for the link new products and it will appear there when I finish it.

Beware: Fundie Farmasist won't give you birth control.

Make it about what you won't get right now (your birth control)

Warning: Fundie Farmacist ......

http://www.zazzle.com/product/217599393464198396?rf=238083065491105452

Please also send the letter to the Republican party listed on that page. Thank you.

If your religion has a stance against this, why should you be forced to violate your religious beliefs?

It is not like these 2 are the ONLY ones in their respective towns that can fill that niche.

the only game in town.

That's the problem with this sick forced birth stance.

If you tell me you won't give me my birth control, and there isn't another pharm around for 50 or more miles, what am I supposed to do? And keep in mind I might not have reliable transportation.

choice of places to go to get prescriptions filled. What if all the pharmacists in a given area decide that providing morning after pills conflicts with their morals? How many other prescriptions might they decide would be morally repugnant for them to dispense?

If they are not willing to dispense drugs prescribed for a patient they should be in another line of business. They should not be able to dictate the terms of another persons medical treatment based on their personal religious beliefs.

then you need to look for another line of work. maybe preaching would work out as a new career for those unable to perform a job they were hired to do.

and I've heard plenty of stories about women not being able to access EC in their towns or even in neighboring towns.

convictions, you are free to leave.

Come on.

But, on the other hand, the state doesn't OWE you a license to practice in a field that you don't agree with.

The state decides what the role of a licensed pharmacologist is. You agree to be one, or you take up plumbing, your call.

Do your job or quit!

then they should find another line of work.

pharmacists until they all end up with "moral reservations" about dispensing Birth Control.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

:eyes:

boner pills, smokes -- i never hear anyone screaming about dispensing them.

women's reproductive health = SHAMEFUL, subject to "moral" objections.
men's reproductive health = happy prime-time TV commercial featuring guys jamming to "VIVA VIAGRA".

goddess, how i hate the patriarchy. :mad:

Why do they hate womens' freedom?

Fucking patriarchy.

:thumbsup:

Who are you to question that?

But it works. :shrug:

No doubt these good christians would give limbaugh all the viagra he wants to do god knows what with god knows who.

That separation of church and state stuff really sucks.

I advise the pharmacists to quit and aid relief efforts in Darfur, ya know real christian stuff.

What if I had a religious belief that teaching children to read was an abomination - the state would then be forcing me choose between my livelihood and religious beliefs.

Pharmacists, do your fucking job, or quit and go mount tires at your local Jiffy Lube.

And they regard that freakyness is NORMAL (for republicons).

Drugs like those prescribed for aids patiets...bad behavior causes that ya know! OR Viagra and it's clones...enables "SEX" ya know! Or BC pills...since they PREVENT pregnancy!

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

If they will sell cigarettes to pregnant women, then they should damned well be willing to sell birth control.

to sully their dainty hands with providing ordinary health care to WOMEN, then let the state pull their licenses and let them find work in some fucking CHURCH.

No one in health care should EVER be able to deny care to ANYONE because of their personal bigotry, whether they blame Jebus for it or not.

Get them the hell out of healthcare. They don't belong there.

With photos and story in the local papers and in the 'nets tubes.

A vegetarian pharmacist who won't dispense anything in a gelatin capsule, cause gelatin comes from animals. That would be the same type of extreme moral principle.

Please don't give any lurkers any ideas. :P ;-)

but it's vaguely insulting.

Trying to equate violating a personal boundary of one person with violating the ability of half the human race to obtain legal healthcare is a rotten thing to try to do.

Grow up.

belief. Never mind. It was a bad example. You're preaching to the choir, btw -- I've volunteered countless hours at Planned Parenthood, and signed endless petitions demanding that Plan-B be available OTC.

I personally think those pharmacists should be stripped of their licenses since they are endangering the public health by refusing to do their jobs. But apparently the courts are reluctant to go along with that.

They can take their fucking 'morals' and shove them where the sun don't shine...

As soon as they get their MD's they can make those types of decisions, until then, shut the fuck up and fill the prescription...

profession and aren't they FIRST supposed to do no harm.

questioning a prescription written by a doctor is when they catch a possible drug interaction between drugs the doctor has prescribed - and then they need to call the physician and let him/her know.

And if so, where are they on this? Is it the AMA?

How in hell can they be allowed to ignore the law on matters of public health?

Thank FSM I live in Canada. I'd be going insane if I had to live in a country like America.

At least we respect law, oversight and freedom from nutcases.

I've heard too many horror stories about women being denied EC - not only by pharmacists, but in hospital ERs, some even moments after having a rape exam.

These fuckers need to get the fuck out of my uterus.

Fuck.

If you cannot perform the duties prescribed to your job then you do not get to keep it. Your beliefs, religious or otherwise, do not enable you to define what your duties are when you apply for a job.

and that is against my religious beliefs. I understand where these men are coming from.

Jerks. They need to be "retrained" for something else.

Medical professionals are to dispense care without moral judgement. If you are unable to do that, then it's time to find a new profession.

if they caught their white cheerleader daughter in bed with a black football player. "Here honey, just take this pill."

Do any of these pharmacists own stock in a chastity belt business? Because it seems like that's what they want ALL women to wear. Oh, and burqas. Then we can be protected both day AND night.

I have to do things every day I don't want to. you want a paycheck? suck it up bible-boys

n/t

I work for an airline where a lot of hunters come through with their guns to go moose hunting in Alaska. As a vegetarian, if I refused to check in their guns because it violated my principles do you think I'd have a job tomorrow???

The irony is, I would NEVER tell another soul how to live or judge their life choices, so there's no problem of me getting fired for that action. And that's in my personal life--when I'm working, my beliefs have NO PLACE being expressed to those that I serve. Yet these fucking fundies get away with this blatantly unethical and self-righteous behavior and their corporate masters do nothing. WTF is UP with that, anyway??

Listen, if you work for a private company, you tacitly agree to further that company's profits even if it goes against your sacred tenats. Too fucking bad--suck it up or find another fucking job in your mega-church or protesting Planned Parenthood or something. But if you're a professional in a position of providing me service, I will report you and your enabler bosses to the Better Business Bureau if you DARE give me grief because your beliefs are different from mine.

I swear to God, some people should just be homeless, and let those who want to work do the jobs with real professionalism.