Local Pharmacist refuses supply of "Morning After Pill on "Religious Grounds"

[tab1]

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.

AGREED!

 

Reading the article it says,"She was told she would have to speak to the pharmacist—said to be a "deeply religious Muslim" who would "ask a few questions."

Then an assistant told her: "Sorry I can't give you the morning after pill. Why don't you go to your doctor?"

She asked several more times for the pill and was repeatedly told she could not have it and should go to her doctor—even though staff admitted they stocked the drug.

Added Jo-Ann: "I asked why I couldn't have the pill and the assistant went bright red and after a pause said 'I can't tell you.' I said I wanted to know why and she said 'Don't say anything to anyone. It's because of his religion.' I literally stared at her with my mouth open."......"

Now, nowhere is it evident that it is the pharmasist who admitted to refusing on religious grounds but more an assumption drawn by a young asisstantm who asks the lady in question in true Coronation Street style, "Not to tell anyone". The pharmasist may simply have been embarassed to interview the lady in question about her eventful night. Why havn't we got the pharmasist's side anyway rather than our own assumptions on SF of one way or another.

[Pipine]

But its part of the pharmacists job to ask those questions. So why are they in that job if they can't cope with the routine everyday aspects of the job?

[Bartfarst]

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?

Would your puritanical buffoonery still apply if she had been abused or raped?

[Darbees]

'Don't say anything to anyone. It's because of his religion.' I literally stared at her with my mouth open."......"

So having been asked not to tell anyone she told everyone. The woman should have asked the pharmacist for the reason before shooting her mouth off on the telly.

[Bartfarst]

So having been asked not to tell anyone she told everyone. The woman should have asked the pharmacist for the reason before shooting her mouth off on the telly.

She may have been asked, but didn't agree to that unreasonable request.

 

If you were mugged in the street and the mugger asked you not to tell anybody, should that bind you to secrecy?

 

What this pharmacist did was an affront to our society, and he deserves to be castigated for it, if not struck off. I'd have him deported.

[tab1]

Would your puritanical buffoonery still apply if she had been abused or raped?

And would your's still apply if she had spent the night with the same pharmasist. lol

[rubydazzler]

So having been asked not to tell anyone she told everyone. The woman should have asked the pharmacist for the reason before shooting her mouth off on the telly.

 

But why on earth should she not? Being refused a medical aid for something that could have untold consequences just because someone has personal objections isn't right. People need to be aware that this might happen. Why should some unwanted child be born or some desparate woman have to go through either an abortion or a pregnancy she doesn't want, just because an employee chooses to exercise a "right" to refuse?

 

Do you have information that the pharmacist wasn't refusing to issue the medicine on religious grounds? And if so, what was the reasons for refusing?

[Bartfarst]

And would your's (yours) still apply if she had spent the night with the same pharmasist (pharmacist) . lol

And you point is?

[saxon51]

These places should have signs on the windows saying:

 

"CAUTION!

Religious bigot working here.

Our customer service depends on who is on duty at the time.

If you require something we dispense, and you have a right to it, may we recommend that you go elsewhere ..... preferably somewhere not displaying this sign.

THANK YOU"

[tab1]

And you point is?

Thanks for the corrections, and as for the point, it’s simple, to your colourful and emotive hypothetical scenarios I just made an addition that would probably reflect on the lady’s character and even explain his reluctance to give the drug