well... there is always the depo shot... *shrugs*

I have to pick up my depo shot from the pharmacy and take it to my physician to have her do the injection, so I'd still be in trouble (and I'm on the depo shot for obscure health reasons).

Dee

The Michigan House of Representatives has passed a bill that health care workers can refuse to perform services that they don't morally believe in. I don't think it will get past our very liberal governor though.. here's the link:

detroit news article

You bet I'm writing to my senator and governor!

Dee

Everybody I know who went on depo gained tons of weight and never wanted to have sex. That might be good birth control, but doesn't sound very appealing to me.

These pharmacists are stupid. I'm morally opposed to eating meat, so I know better than to go work at McDonald's where I'd be expected to serve it to people. It's not that difficult, is it?

Why are some government officials trying to exert more and more control over people's personal lives? If you're morally opposed to doing something required of your job, DON'T WORK THERE.

Interesting... I don't know if pharmacys around here would trust people with loaded shots. I get mine in at kaiser.
*shrugs*

But the depo shot was my option because of health reasons as well. Luckily I didn't gain an insane amount of weight.

She speaks the truth. I can think of 5 Walgreens within a 5 minute drive of my apartment, and 5 more within a 5 minute drive of my parents house.

And this pisses me off. I completely understand I can't get BC from Student Health Services. That's made blatantly clear to me. However, when I walk into a chain drugstore, they need to hand it over or advertise that they don't.

I think it's completely fine to have a moral objection to things - however, I think that you need to be prepared to face the consequences. For example, I know there is an OB-GYN in our medical complex who will not prescribe the Pill to girls my age. However, he makes that clear and suggests that you go elsewhere. That's fine with me, it's not an undue burden because I can go see one of the 7 other ones in the practice. Not giving this woman her drugs was an undue burden and if the pharmacy wishes to continue to employ this pharmacist, they need to have a procedure to not deny women their prescriptions.

Was this the first time she ever was asked to dispense BC? Was it the first time she objected? IF the employer is going to allow pharmacists to make this kind of objection THEN they should have to alert the employer in advance what they will and will not do and the employer should get to decide if they can employ or continue to employ that person. If they always have to schedule employees to accommodate you, that could be a serious problem. I think it is inappropriate to suddenly stop doing your job with no notice, whatever the reason.