Okay, you know what? Fuck this.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Reports of pharmacists with particular religious and moral beliefs denying prescriptions for birth control have prompted legislation that would ensure all prescriptions are filled.

House and Senate backers unveiled a bill dubbed the Access to Legal Pharmaceuticals Act (ALPhA) on Thursday.

It would allow a pharmacist to refuse to fill a prescription only if the prescription can be passed to and filled by a co-worker at the same pharmacy.

According to NARAL Pro-Choice America, a reproductive rights group, legislators in 10 states are considering bills that would permit pharmacists to refuse to fill birth control prescriptions. A federal law, if passed, would pre-empt any state law.

"What have we come to in this country?" Rep. Carolyn Maloney, a New York Democrat and House sponsor of the bill, said Thursday morning at a rally on Capitol Hill. "We are merely saying, 'let the laws in this country stand.' Let a woman be treated with dignity. When she has a prescription from her doctor, that privacy should be respected."

Yet some want additional legislation to protect pharmacists who believe certain birth control drugs are forms of abortion, Karen Brauer, president of Pharmacists for Life, told the Reuters news agency. The group provides legal advice and support to pharmacists.

Brauer told Reuters she believes doctors will eventually begin ordering women to abort disabled children, or refuse to treat them after birth.

"They'll force women to kill their children ... It will be like China. It's the next logical step," she told Reuters.

The American Pharmacists Association favors letting pharmacists follow their conscience, but says customers should have alternative means of getting prescriptions, spokeswoman Susan Winckler told Reuters.

"Nobody has a right to come between any person and their doctor," Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a New Jersey Democrat and co-sponsor, said Thursday.

"Today they might not fill prescriptions for birth control pills. Tomorrow it could be painkillers for a cancer patient. Next year it could be medicine that prolongs the life of a person with AIDS or some other terminal disease."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/14/prescription.bill/index.html

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Yeah, that's right. Go ahead and take my fucking uterus away from me, you fucking greedheads.

 

WTF!!!!
That's bullshit.
I honestly cannot believe that shit.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

thats just not right...

i need a madder face then this ---->

 

I believe that this law actually gives pharmacists federal protection to allow them to not dispense medication based on moral grounds. That is their employer is not allowed to fire them if they choose to not dispense medication based on their moral beliefs.

Now that is way over the line. Pharmacists currently can choose whether or not to dispense let's say, the morning after pill, based on their own beliefs. And I think that's pretty fucked up and wrong of them, and they should choose a profession where they can properly follow their morals instead of pharmacy, but no one should be forced to do something that they think is entirely wrong.

But if they make that choice, or they would make that choice, then their employer should be able to fire their dumb-ass without question. Having a pharmacist around like that would not be very smart if you wanted to serve your customers. So this law is pretty crazy as it makes it impossible to fire those who decide they don't want to prescribe something for their own religious reasons.

So yes it's pretty fucked up.

 

Can you say "Un-employment Line"?

 

Yeah. And ya'll don't even have girl parts.

 

thats seriously fucked up. a chick who wants to fuck me wheni move back east jsut got on BC...i hope thats not one of the states....

but anyways...thats too stupid...doctors should not be allowed to deny prescriptions based on thier own beliefs!

 

Sometimes I wish people could just shove their religion up their ass.

 

The pharmasists job is to fill prescriptions, if they refuse, their employment should immediately be terminated. Fuck their religion, it's entirely irrelevant.

 

Heh, that's like if I were working as a secretary and I believed filing papers was satanic.

 

MWAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That was great.
I <3 George.

 

as Canadian PM Pierre TRedeau once said

"The government has no place in the bedrooms of the nation"

 

Oh for fuck's sake!! I mean I see where it comes from since certain people have legal rights to do other stuff for their non-Christian religious. But still!!!! No, I still think this does not fall under that! A doctor gives you a prescription, the intent is for you to get the medicine. Stuck up old virgin pharmasists are violating YOUR rights much further by not filling a prescription than you would be violating their right to be an old prude!! Because in turn they are forcing THEIR religion on YOU. On that grounds this should never come to pass. But I'm sure it will - as everything else goes straight to hell in this country. *SIGH*

 

One day, when I'm George Bush and I rule the world....

I'll make sure ya'll can take speshul baby-keeper-awayer pills as much as ya'll want, even if your doctah is hindu or catlicker or downright uncool.

 

That's exactly how it should be.

.... why in the fuck isn't it like that already? It's common fucking sense. Either do your job, or get fired.

 

Or, dont take the fucking job in the first place! the job description must include something to do with signing prescriptions, so why get the job is you object to doing that! its like a veggie getting a job at an abetoire...

 

Why in the hell can you get fired for cussing out your boss. I've always wondered that. I want to get a job at mcdonalds and just... ajahahha.. "fucking here's your motherfucking happy unclefucking meal you fucking motherfucker fuckers"

 

I can relate to that

 

I read about this a week or so ago, it's entirely bullshit.

Pharmicists are professionals, there job is to understand the mechanics of a drug and dispense it with regards to a patients need.

There are lots of reasons that a pharmacist should refuse to dispense drugs, there are many saftey problems assosciated with prescription drugs, and the pharmacist is sort of a buffer between doctor and patient, many types of pain reliever can raise blood preasure and shouldn't be given to people with hypertension. There are many dangers associated with Birth Control that a pharmicist should be aware of, and refusing medication on those grounds is their job.

A pharmacist isn't a fucking radio commentary doucebag like Sean Hannity, hes a professional, and he has a duty to leave his personal feelings aside when hes filling prescriptions.

This is dangerous haphazard legislation that was pusshed through by pro lifers, and we its a shame that we don't have a senate that will show a little freaking restraint.

 

next it'll be, your black, no prescripton for you, your ginger, no prescription for you...(etc)