Get Yer Damn Hands Out Of Women's Wombs, Part 'Leventy-Seven

[filkertom]

My darling que_sara_sara points out this excellent bit of news, wherein four Illinois pharmacists who refuse to dispense emergency contraception -- thus violating Illinois law -- have been put on unpaid leave by Walgreens. The pharmacists' attorney calls the discipline "pretty disturbing". Fuckhead.

The story does sharpen one other point in my head about the ludicrousness of having to put this kind of law on the books, though: What cover-your-ass sanctimonious pro-life legislative whackjob thought that giving a pharmacist the "right" to interfere with the doctor-patient relationship on moral grounds, but then also requiring said pharmacist to take steps to see the prescription is filled anyway, does not put the pharmacist in the same moral dilemma he or she was trying to avoid?

Meantime, drop Walgreens a line and say "thanks".

Comments

[holzman.livejournal.com]

Send the note to the Governor instead -- Illinois' law is the only reason Walgreens is doing the right thing. They'd be perfectly happy moving these pseudo-pharmacists to another state instead.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Which is why we have to let Walgreens know that we support the Illinois law and think moving the pharmacists to another state is a bad idea which avoids the problem.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

What cover-your-ass sanctimonious pro-life legislative whackjob thought that giving a pharmacist the "right" to interfere with the doctor-patient relationship on moral grounds, but then also requiring said pharmacist to take steps to see the prescription is filled anyway, does not put the pharmacist in the same moral dilemma he or she was trying to avoid?

The cunning SOB who figured that nobody would object when it was piously put as not making someone violate their own conscience... and that nobody would look ahead to realize that this was a wedge issue to put the pharmacist's opinions over the customer's needs. Make no mistake, the end goal is to eliminate birth control, period.

[codevixen.livejournal.com]

I love my job. ;)