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Ben Kenobi
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McGregornobi!
Oct 2002
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4155229/
Texas pharmacist refuses pill for rape victim
Woman with doctor's prescription for drug turned away
Updated: 6:15 p.m. ET Feb. 03, 2004DALLAS - A Texas pharmacist was disciplined for refusing to fill the prescription of a rape victim seeking a morning-after pregnancy-prevention pill, the pharmacy chain that employed the man said on Tuesday.
Eckerd Corp. said the pharmacist considered it a violation of morals to give a rape victim, with a valid prescription, a pill that would prevent her from getting pregnant due to the sexual assault.
The incident took place on Jan. 23 at an Eckerd drug store in the Dallas suburb of Denton.
Eckerd spokeswoman Joan Gallagher said she could not give details of the disciplinary actions, but that the pharmacist had violated company policy.
“A pharmacist is obliged to fill a prescription if it is a valid, legal prescription,” she said. “We do not make exceptions for any moral, religious or ethical concerns with regard to filling the prescription.”
Florida-based Eckerd is owned by Texas-based retailer J.C. Penney Co.
Protesters, carrying signs reading “Got Raped? Let someone else help you” and “Rape violates my morals,” have been picketing the store this week.
Kathryn Allen, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood of North Texas, said the situation could have been avoided if hospitals in the state mandated emergency contraception in sexual assault cases. Other states stipulate that hospitals must make emergency contraception available to victims of sexual assault, but Texas does not.
“What this pharmacist did was truly outrageous. It forces the woman to relive the assault,” said Allen, adding that the prescription in question is essentially a high dose of birth control pills that prevents pregnancy.
The rape victim was able to have her prescription filled at another pharmacy in the area, they said.
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I fail to see why convenience to women should override freedom of conscience. Pharmacists should not have to prescribe a drug to which they are morally opposed.
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A Magical Moment...
Jan 2004
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Originally posted by GePap
Another one of these: this man is an employee of the Eckhard chain, which as far as we know, does not have a policy allowing its pharmacists to decide for themselves what legal prescription they will fill or not.
If this was a privately owned pharmacy, maybe. But this man in an employee of a national chain. Sorry, but he doe not get to make policy for the chain.
If he cares so much, he should quit and start his own pharmacy. |
This is an outrage. And, GePap, I agree.
I really hate, abhor, despite (and all other words you can think of) people who override policies with their moral concerns.  The woman came to this pharmacy expecting her prescription to be filled, knowing that the pharmacy cannot turn her away. If there was an established policy that the chain will not fill that specific kind of prescription, that's a different story. The pharmacist absolutely had no right to do this.
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DaShi
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The Taste of Japan
Sep 2000
time: 05:33
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Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4155229/
Texas pharmacist refuses pill for rape victim
Woman with doctor's prescription for drug turned away
Updated: 6:15 p.m. ET Feb. 03, 2004DALLAS - A Texas pharmacist was disciplined for refusing to fill the prescription of a rape victim seeking a morning-after pregnancy-prevention pill, the pharmacy chain that employed the man said on Tuesday.
Eckerd Corp. said the pharmacist considered it a violation of morals to give a rape victim, with a valid prescription, a pill that would prevent her from getting pregnant due to the sexual assault.
The incident took place on Jan. 23 at an Eckerd drug store in the Dallas suburb of Denton.
Eckerd spokeswoman Joan Gallagher said she could not give details of the disciplinary actions, but that the pharmacist had violated company policy.
“A pharmacist is obliged to fill a prescription if it is a valid, legal prescription,” she said. “We do not make exceptions for any moral, religious or ethical concerns with regard to filling the prescription.”
Florida-based Eckerd is owned by Texas-based retailer J.C. Penney Co.
Protesters, carrying signs reading “Got Raped? Let someone else help you” and “Rape violates my morals,” have been picketing the store this week.
Kathryn Allen, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood of North Texas, said the situation could have been avoided if hospitals in the state mandated emergency contraception in sexual assault cases. Other states stipulate that hospitals must make emergency contraception available to victims of sexual assault, but Texas does not.
“What this pharmacist did was truly outrageous. It forces the woman to relive the assault,” said Allen, adding that the prescription in question is essentially a high dose of birth control pills that prevents pregnancy.
The rape victim was able to have her prescription filled at another pharmacy in the area, they said.
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I fail to see why convenience to women should override freedom of conscience. Pharmacists should not have to prescribe a drug to which they are morally opposed. |
**** 'em. Farmacysts aren't supposed ta be preachen' morals. Just pass the pills and **** off.
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lightblue
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L'Boro, UK
Oct 2001
time: 05:33
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Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Finally, how will the morning after pill relieve the rape of the woman? It does nothing of the sort. |
Uhm... How about the knowledge that nothing of the monster who did to her is growing inside her?
Anyways, 1 day after potential fertilisation we're talkng about a ball of cells numbering about 8. I can see arguing about late term abortion, or the use of morning after pill as a means of contraception, but for this reason....
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04-02-2004 23:42
Prevention of a potential pregnancy to remove an additional consquence of the rape is is form of relief. Limiting additional damage comes before healing from that damage.
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