Woman denied prescription to end pregnancy............

[ABikerSailor]

Saw this on the evening news tonight. Seems that a Walgreens pharmacist refused to fill a prescription for a woman to end a pregnancy. She was told at 10 weeks, the fetus had stopped developing and wasn't alive anymore. They then offered her an abortion to remove the dead fetus, or she could take medication and be at home to end the pregnancy.

The pharmacist refused on religious grounds. Fortunately, he was fired.

Does anyone else think that one person's religious beliefs should be able to override a prescription for someone else? I don't.

Pharmacist accused of denying woman prescription to end pregnancy

 

[fncceo]

Religious ethics is part of the greater medical ethics question. The physicians oath is to 'Do no harm'.

Any nurse, pharmacist, or other medical practitioner is duty bound to reject to implement a physician's medical orders if they have reason to believe it will do harm.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Saw this on the evening news tonight. Seems that a Walgreens pharmacist refused to fill a prescription for a woman to end a pregnancy. She was told at 10 weeks, the fetus had stopped developing and wasn't alive anymore. They then offered her an abortion to remove the dead fetus, or she could take medication and be at home to end the pregnancy.

The pharmacist refused on religious grounds. Fortunately, he was fired.

Does anyone else think that one person's religious beliefs should be able to override a prescription for someone else? I don't.

Pharmacist accused of denying woman prescription to end pregnancy

If the baby was already dead, I don't know why she was refused unless the pharmacist didn't want to have any part of finishing the baby off and if that was their frame of mind, they are who I stand with. Anyone who kills a defenseless fetus which is still another person no matter how you look at it, they can go and soak their heads for all that I care.

God bless you and the pharmacist always!!!

Holly

P.S. For those who do not want kids, there's this thing called abstinence. Look it up. You can actually save your life that way too without having to destroy another during the process.

 

[irosie91]

Religious ethics is part of the greater medical ethics question. The physicians oath is to 'Do no harm'.

Any nurse, pharmacist, or other medical practitioner is duty bound to reject to implement a physician's medical orders if they have reason to believe it will do harm.

In the course of my life------way back----I refused to clear a 12 year old
boy for "boxing lessons" The kid was black and the mother accused
me of being a RACIST--------I am a mother and----another profession that recognizes the danger of REPEATED KNOCKS ON THE HEAD. I would not let my kid engage in BOXING ---nor would I clear a little black kid for the DANGEROUS activity

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

The pharmacist refused on religious grounds. Fortunately, he was fired

How tolerant bigoted of you

 

[WillowTree]

Religious ethics is part of the greater medical ethics question. The physicians oath is to 'Do no harm'.

Any nurse, pharmacist, or other medical practitioner is duty bound to reject to implement a physician's medical orders if they have reason to believe it will do harm.

But in this case the baby had died so there is no harm!

 

[saveliberty]

Saw this on the evening news tonight. Seems that a Walgreens pharmacist refused to fill a prescription for a woman to end a pregnancy. She was told at 10 weeks, the fetus had stopped developing and wasn't alive anymore. They then offered her an abortion to remove the dead fetus, or she could take medication and be at home to end the pregnancy.

The pharmacist refused on religious grounds. Fortunately, he was fired.

Does anyone else think that one person's religious beliefs should be able to override a prescription for someone else? I don't.

Pharmacist accused of denying woman prescription to end pregnancy

She got the meds from another pharmacy, both sides of this issue were able to uphold their viewpoints.

 

[JakeStarkey]

The pharmacist was doing harm to the woman.

Parents who for religious reason withhold medical care for children are doing harm.

Those types of people should be hung in the public square.

 

[saveliberty]

The pharmacist was doing harm to the woman.

Parents who for religious reason withhold medical care for children are doing harm.

Those types of people should be hung in the public square.

Describe the harm.

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

Religious ethics is part of the greater medical ethics question. The physicians oath is to 'Do no harm'.

Any nurse, pharmacist, or other medical practitioner is duty bound to reject to implement a physician's medical orders if they have reason to believe it will do harm.

But in this case the baby had died so there is no harm!

How do you know this?

 

[fncceo]

Religious ethics is part of the greater medical ethics question. The physicians oath is to 'Do no harm'.

Any nurse, pharmacist, or other medical practitioner is duty bound to reject to implement a physician's medical orders if they have reason to believe it will do harm.

But in this case the baby had died so there is no harm!

Again, I don't know the full details but it seems curious that a physician was prescribing a drug to induce termination when the regular procedure for a miscarriage is a D&C to remove any fetal tissue that could complicate a future pregnancy.

Miscarriages are common so there must be something happening here that isn't being reported that caused the pharmacist be unwilling to prescribe a medication. We might never know the facts of the case and some of us will make snap judgements based on our belief system.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

Those types of people should be hung in the public square.

Why am I not at all surprised to find you calling for people to be put to death for their religious/moral values?

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

Religious ethics is part of the greater medical ethics question. The physicians oath is to 'Do no harm'.

Any nurse, pharmacist, or other medical practitioner is duty bound to reject to implement a physician's medical orders if they have reason to believe it will do harm.

But in this case the baby had died so there is no harm!

Again, I don't know the full details but it seems curious that a physician was prescribing a drug to induce termination when the regular procedure for a miscarriage is a D&C to remove any fetal tissue that could complicate a future pregnancy.

Miscarriages are common so there must be something happening here that isn't being reported that caused the pharmacist be unwilling to prescribe a medication. We might never know the facts of the case and some of us will make snap judgements based on our belief system.

Totally agree. Had to reread the story because it seems women no longer have miscarriages?

This IS a CNN "STORY" so we may never know what really happened.

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

Those types of people should be hung in the public square.

Why am I not at all surprised to find you calling for people to be put to death for their religious/moral values?

Yes! Execute those with opinions you disagree with. The left always exposes themselves.

 

[miketx]

Those types of people should be hung in the public square.

Why am I not at all surprised to find you calling for people to be put to death for their religious/moral values?

Indeed, and the same guy says it's ok for a young bully to shove an old man to the ground, and rails when the thug gets shot. See what they are?

 

[Lysistrata]

There is much too much of these pharmacists trying to dominate other people's lives these days, and there is no way for a person to know when she is going to run in to one of these people. Customers should not be placed in the position of having an uncalled-for emotional experience in public and then having to go driving around just to accommodate some stranger's beliefs.This pharmacist had no right to ask this woman personal questions or require her to explain herself. She had no obligation to him whatsoever. I hope that it is true that he was fired.

Moreover, the store should have arranged for the prescription be delivered to her home.

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

There is much too much of these pharmacists trying to dominate other people's lives these days

No, they are NOT "dominating other people's lives." They are simply making personal choices for their OWN LIFE, which you clearly insist on dominating.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Those types of people should be hung in the public square.

Why am I not at all surprised to find you calling for people to be put to death for their religious/moral values?

Anyone who murders or seriously harms someone else are not permitted to hide behind religion. That's no excuse. The Spanish did that in Mexico. The Puritans and Pilgrims did that in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The Inquisition did that in Europe. The Mormons did that in Illinois and Utah Territory.

 

[Zander]

Another tempest in a teapot for the perpetually Fauxtraged.

 

[OODA_Loop]

Those types of people should be hung in the public square.

Why am I not at all surprised to find you calling for people to be put to death for their religious/moral values?

“Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is. At all counts, it forms an unconscious snag, thwarting our most well-meant intentions.” (Carl Jung)