Pro-Life Pharmacy Celebrates Anniversary

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Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:09 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

i guess we will agree to disagree on this one. the thing to keep in mind is the debate on when human life actually begins. can plan b be prescribed when we are not even sure conception took place? if all it does is prevent fertilization of the egg how can it be murder? and if plan b is taken after conception, odds of killing off the fertilized egg are nill. if we continue to roll back what we consider "a life" then we are on a slippery slope. first it was a fetus beating heart, then it was conception... now it's an egg? if a man has a vasectomy, can we call him a murderer for no longer being able to produce sperm? is that when we consider Life?

Pro-Life Pharmacy Celebrates Anniversary

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Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:40 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 2

i think you all are missing my point.

just like Doctors, pharmacist have to take an oath to help individuals achieve optimum benefit from their medications, and to always be committed to their welfare. sometimes, regardless of the pharmacists morals.. this means oral contraceptives (like I said, is used for OTHER clinical outcomes besides just birth control) or emergency contraception.

so it is part of their oath to assist the patient in finding a pharmacy that will fill it. Otherwise, they are against their oath as a pharmacist in hindering the patients optimum use of the medication. (in the case of E.C., it must be taken within 72 hours of the event in oder to be effective.).

you can be Christian and be a pharmacist. but you still have that code. if the pharmacists can't abide by it, he should pick a new career

Pro-Life Pharmacy Celebrates Anniversary

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:44 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 1

and what about the woman who was raped? she does not have the right to timely access to the necessary emergency contraception? what about the young woman who needs oral contraceptives to regulate her cycle and relieve symptoms of PMS that could be so bad that they adversely affect their health?

we are not talking about casual abortions as a means of birth control. we are talking about medicine that improves (if not saves) the lives of an already breathing human being. Pharmacists and doctors have the obligation.

And you may think there is a CVS on every corner. where I used to live, there was only 1 pharmacy in a 1 hour driving radius. THAT could jeopardize someones health.

Pro-Life Pharmacy Celebrates Anniversary

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:49 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 1

I'm ok with a pharmacist's right to object on grounds of conscious. but he then has a duty to assist the patient in finding a pharmacy/pharmacist that WILL fill the prescription.

refusing any assistance to the patient to get their LEGALLY prescribe FDA approved medicine from a licensed physician is wrong and goes against everything a good pharmacist stands for, all morals and religious beliefs aside.