Darbees Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 It was not a life or death situationIt was, that was why she was there. Life if she didn't get the pill, death if she did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 So the pharmacist didn't ask the woman to have sex, and the pharmacist didn't ask the woman to come to his shop. The woman then involves an innocent third party (the pharmacist) and blames him for not giving her a licence (the morning after pill) to lead a life of debauchery. As the article said, she is a grown woman who knows the facts of life. Who was it who had the unprotected sex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenH Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 I think it is a mixture of the two (but mainly the second - probably) I think I agree, except that it probably a case of a number of individuals from all sides trying to score points and newspapers trying to sell more copies. We don't need to make sure a fuss about such minor matters unless there is some growing trend, which there probably isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbees Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 Thing I can never understand about these stories is that there are people who would bother running to the media about it in the first place. What did she expect them to do other than make her look rather silly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heyesey Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 Thing I can never understand about these stories is that there are people who would bother running to the media about it in the first place. What did she expect them to do other than make her look rather silly? Pay for her story, probably. If not the papers, then some magazine rag will do. Have you SEEN how many people applied to go on Big Brother and make complete and utter arses of themselves for ten weeks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elan Tedrona Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 The poor phramacist must have thought contraception is on par with abortion. And ofcourse like most catholics religious muslims abhor abortion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenH Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 The poor phramacist must have thought contraception is on par with abortion. And ofcourse like most catholics religious muslims abhor abortion I am neither a catholic nor a muslim but I also abhor abortion, particularly when it is used as emergency contraception as it is in some societies. For this reason I wouldn't do any work involved with it, but I wouldn't force my opinion on someone else either. It is likely that a pharmascist would have a good understnding of the mechanism involved in morning after pills and would know what they really are. I recall that when they first started to be dispensed the idea was that the pharmascist would have a private are where he/she could speak to the woman about the situation before dispensing. If this is still the case then I can see that many people wouldn't be happy talking to a strange woman about when they had sex and what happened and so opt out of the system. I also imagine that ther must be many GPs who refer a woman to another GP is she asks about abortion becauser they can't, in all concience, give them impartial advice, I know I couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipine Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 I don't see why the pharmacist is in that job. Its a pharmacists job to dispense pills including the morning after pill. I find it deeply offensive that someone can pass judgement and refuse to dispense the morning after pill like that. Religion has no place in my life and no-one has the right to inflict their delusional beliefs on me or any aspect of my life. If I had been refused the morning after pill like this I would have gone to the papers too. Not because I wanted to sell the story, but because I would have been so angry about how I'd been treated. Its not Ok to say "they should just go down the road to the next chemist, whats the big deal".. it IS a big deal... its legal to take the morning after pill, it should be available to everyone that wants it. No-one should be made to feel ashamed about taking it. Religion should never come into healthcare or education or the running of the country.. it should be a personal matter that people keep to themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenH Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 I don't see why the pharmacist is in that job. Its a pharmacists job to dispense pills including the morning after pill. I find it deeply offensive that someone can pass judgement and refuse to dispense the morning after pill like that. Religion has no place in my life and no-one has the right to inflict their delusional beliefs on me or any aspect of my life. If I had been refused the morning after pill like this I would have gone to the papers too. Not because I wanted to sell the story, but because I would have been so angry about how I'd been treated. Its not Ok to say "they should just go down the road to the next chemist, whats the big deal".. it IS a big deal... its legal to take the morning after pill, it should be available to everyone that wants it. No-one should be made to feel ashamed about taking it. Religion should never come into healthcare or education or the running of the country.. it should be a personal matter that people keep to themselves. i don't think it is available to everyone who wants it. I think they have a responsibility to make sure it is appropriate which means asking questions. It is probably this aspect that he didn't want to get involved with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon51 Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 How, then, is it right for us to force our religious beliefs on him? Well done. You've just turned this woman's personal choices into a religious belief. Her right to take the pill is within the laws of this land, not a religious choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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