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DWAlphaGam 02-03-2004 05:05 PM

Protest follows denial of morning-after pill
 
Protest follows denial of morning-after pill
Tuesday, February 3, 2004 Posted: 2:41 PM EST (1941 GMT)

DENTON, Texas (AP) -- About 40 people gathered outside an Eckerd pharmacy Monday, protesting what they said was a decision to deny a rape victim a prescription for the morning-after pill.

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Gay Dodson, executive director of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, said state law allows pharmacists to decline filling prescriptions if the medication could harm the patient.

"The law does not say that the pharmacy can decline because of moral ground," she said.

Read the rest of the article here: http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest....ap/index.html

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This is completely ridiculous. I hope this pharmacist got fired. :mad:

thetalady 02-12-2004 09:05 PM

Re: Protest follows denial of morning-after pill
 
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Originally posted by DWAlphaGam
Protest follows denial of morning-after pill
This is completely ridiculous. I hope this pharmacist got fired. :mad:

Wish granted.... I can't believe that these men tried to force their own morals on anyone, in violation of their state licenses and company policy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Eckerd Fires 3 Pharmacy Workers

Pharmacists wouldn’t fill rape victim’s prescription for ‘morning-after’ pill

08:01 AM CST on Thursday, February 12, 2004

By Liz Austin / Associated Press Writer
http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/drc/....11e9b5f3.html

Eckerd Corp. has fired three pharmacists at the Denton store on University Drive who declined to fill an emergency contraception prescription for a woman who had been raped, one of the pharmacists said Wednesday.

Gene Herr, 33, of Denton said he and two co-workers were fired on Jan. 29, six days after refusing to fill the prescription.

Eckerd has declined to comment on their employment status. Joan Gallagher, the vice president of communications for Largo, Fla.-based Eckerd only would say the company had taken the appropriate disciplinary action.

Herr said he declined to fill the prescription for the so-called "morning-after pill" because he believes it could have killed the embryo if the woman already had conceived. Though he had declined five or six times in the past to fill such prescriptions, it was the first time he had been handed one for a rape victim, he said.

"I went in the back room and briefly prayed about it," said Herr, who had worked for Eckerd for five years. "I actually called my pastor at Denton Bible Church and asked him what he thought about it."

The two other pharmacists who were present at the time also declined to fill the prescription. Herr would not name them.

The rape victim had the prescription filled at the Walgreens across the street.

Gallagher said Eckerd’s employment manual says pharmacists are not allowed to opt out of filling a prescription for religious, moral or ethical reasons.

Herr said he did not know about that policy until his supervisors questioned him about it shortly before he was fired.

"In my mind if I agree to work for someone knowing that that’s their policy, then I should submit to that policy. But I didn’t even know about it," he said.

He declined to discuss his future plans.

Morning-after pills are higher doses of the hormones in regular birth control pills and have been sold under the brand names Plan B and Preven since 1998.

Taken within 72 hours of unprotected sexual intercourse, the pills are at least 75 percent effective at preventing pregnancy. They work by preventing ovulation or fertilization of an egg. If fertilization already has occurred, they prevent the egg from implanting into the uterus — the medical definition of pregnancy.

Herr said he’s disappointed but not angry or bitter.

"I’m a Christian. I feel like God gave me an opportunity to, I guess, make a stand for what is right," Herr said. "He’s gonna take care of me either way."

ztabchbum 02-12-2004 09:17 PM

WHAT BULLSHIT! I'm so pissed about that story it's not even funny! Some people really need to shove that religion crap right where the sun don't shine! I'm sorry but that's just ridiculous! She was RAPED! ARGH! I'm so mad. That's just fuel for my fire as to why I don't practice religion. I'm sure that will help with Eckerd's current buy out situation. HA!

Munchkin03 02-12-2004 09:41 PM

Re: Re: Protest follows denial of morning-after pill
 
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Originally posted by thetalady

Herr said he declined to fill the prescription for the so-called "morning-after pill" because he believes it could have killed the embryo if the woman already had conceived. Though he had declined five or six times in the past to fill such prescriptions, it was the first time he had been handed one for a rape victim, he said.

Uninformed jacka$$. I hope they strip him of his license. :mad:

Thank goodness it wasn't in Florida this time! :relieved:

PhiPsiRuss 02-12-2004 09:47 PM

Sort of makes you wish that this pharmacist's mom had aborted him.

Jill1228 02-12-2004 10:23 PM

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Originally posted by russellwarshay
Sort of makes you wish that this pharmacist's mom had aborted him.
Amen and testify! He shoulda just filled the EFFING prescription, took his moral views elsewhere and mind his own damn business!

As far as being kicked to the curb: I hope he let the door hit him in the ass on the way out! :p

ZTAbchbum said:
Quote:

That's just fuel for my fire as to why I don't practice religion
Sister, I am with you on that one! I was raised Catholic but it is one reason why I left the religion and religion period. I didn't agree with some of the views

OrigamiTulip 02-12-2004 11:33 PM

Its very irritating that they keep pointing out that the person denied the prescription was a rape victim. It doesn't matter why she needed the EC, its irrelavant to the point that the pharmacist was wrong. Her status as a rape victim doesn't make her any more entitled to EC than anyone else who may need it.

Peaches-n-Cream 02-12-2004 11:48 PM

I can understand where the pharmacist is coming from in terms of his morality. If he feels so strongly about it, he should work for a religious institution so his job and his morality don't conflict with each other. Being a pharmacist at a drug store means you don't get to choose your patients and their medical needs. You fill the prescription as a doctor directs.

astroAPhi 02-13-2004 12:14 AM

I'm a Christian, and I even I have a problem with this. It's not his decision to make, it's hers.

I'm pro-life, but I don't stand in front of abortion clinics and prevent women from going inside. I practice MY faith. I don't force it on others. :rolleyes:

DWAlphaGam 02-13-2004 10:32 AM

What a jackass!!! He "went in the back room and prayed about it?!" WHAT?! It's called DO YOUR DAMN JOB!!!!

I wonder if he refused to fill birth control prescriptions and sell condoms, too.

I'm right there with you about the not practicing religion thing, ztabchbum.


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Lady Pi Phi 02-13-2004 11:48 AM

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Originally posted by astroAPhi
I'm a Christian, and I even I have a problem with this. It's not his decision to make, it's hers.

I'm pro-life, but I don't stand in front of abortion clinics and prevent women from going inside. I practice MY faith. I don't force it on others. :rolleyes:

...and that's the way it should be. It's one thing to share your faith with those who ASK about it. It's another to force it down their throats and condemn them because they do not share your faith.

ztabchbum 02-13-2004 12:54 PM

I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one on here that feels the way I do about religion. I really am happy that guy got fired and I think that American Airlines pilot should have been repremanded as well for preaching through that flight. Whoever said the statement as to it not mattering that she was a rape victim that no matter who she was she should have been given the pill is SO RIGHT! I myself went to a pharmacy to get the pill and was told be 3 different pharmacists that no such pill existed. THANKS A LOT! Things worked out for me, but that still doesn't make up for all the shit that happened.

krazy 02-13-2004 02:00 PM

How is this any different from a Doctor refusing to perform an Abortion? You cannot force him to supply a pill that will end up destroying what he feels is a life, that would be forcing your views on him. Devil's Advocate

mu_agd 02-13-2004 02:04 PM

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Originally posted by krazy
How is this any different from a Doctor refusing to perform an Abortion? You cannot force him to supply a pill that will end up destroying what he feels is a life, that would be forcing your views on him. Devil's Advocate
supplying an abortion is not a requirement of every doctor's job, just like performing heart surgery is not every doctor's job. certain doctor's perform certain tasks.

however, a pharmacists job is to fill the subscriptions that a doctor has given a patient, regardless of what the drug is. therefore, this pharmacist did not perform a specified requirement of his job.

krazy 02-13-2004 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mu_agd
supplying an abortion is not a requirement of every doctor's job, just like performing heart surgery is not every doctor's job. certain doctor's perform certain tasks.

however, a pharmacists job is to fill the subscriptions that a doctor has given a patient, regardless of what the drug is. therefore, this pharmacist did not perform a specified requirement of his job.

But this pill came out AFTER this guy was a pharmacist (I AM ASSUMING). If they all of a sudden started requiring pharmacists to kill every third person that walked up to the desk, would you feel he needed to do that? Now, I am playing devil's Advocate here, so please do not get angry. I am trying to point out, that this pharmacist obviously feels this is akin to what he would be doing by dispencing the pill. Why do you think your opinion is more important than his? Do you see my point?


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