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Hey...beracjade...apropos of your post a few days ago about pharmacists refusing to dispense birth control on moralistic grounds...Ill. Druggists Must Dispense Birth Control (Of course plenty of others will be interested in reading this, especially if you've been following the various news stories that pop up from time in the last 2 or 3 years about pharmacists who refuse to dispense birth control on moralistic grounds- or doctors who refuse to prescribe it.)

My thought on the issue is pretty much this...

A pharmacist goes into the profession knowing that it involves dispensing medication of countless types. Birth control pills aren't new folks. If you're going to have a problem dispensing stuff prescribed by a doctor, it's not the job for you. Your job is to make available what the doctor specified for the patient, not to alter that descision. If there's another pharmacist there to fill it who's willing to, well then have at it. But if you're the only one working...well hey...it's your job.


On a non-related note...I finally got into the doctor today...they had no appointments until this afternoon. By that time, I was of course just fine having slept the last 3 days. They also suspect I had the flu. Soooo..my 15-year flu-free streak has been broken. Let's see if I can do it again now?

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[thedalikiss.livejournal.com]

i read about this on msnbc a few days ago and i could not believe what i read. it made me so furious i could hardly speak, especial as a woman who depends on her birth control for more then just contraception, which was the big point non of these articles address. i know women who need birth control to control ovarian cysts and other such nastiness. this goes beyond a moral issue into something akin to malpractice. these pharmacists can be putting women's health at risk by refusing to fill the scripts. and i think something needs to be done, even if i have no idea how anything will be accomplished with gwb in the white house.

but so yeah, i guess i'm trying to say i agree with you.

-hugglettes and smooches-

[fuego.livejournal.com]

in the most long-winded of ways! (which works for me) *hugglettes and smooches right back*

[thedalikiss.livejournal.com]

well, i'm good with wind

[fuego.livejournal.com]

so you've told me...lol...love the icon, by the way

[thedalikiss.livejournal.com]

thanks

Dedicant's on Saturday

[jackgreen60.livejournal.com]

Hey Fuego,

Tomorrow, April 2, we are doing Dedicants at 2:00. If you are free, come by the Grove.


Jack

Re: Dedicant's on Saturday

[fuego.livejournal.com]

thanks- i would...but i have to work. i pretty much always have to work saturdays. i'll be there sunday though!