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KentuckyWoman

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22. I took my business elsewhere.

Sun Jul 24, 2022, 11:16 AM

Jul 2022

A pharmacy is a business. If I cannot get the product I went there for I will take my business elsewhere.
If I cannot get the product I need anywhere near where I live I might travel to a different area to get it. I'd also work to get what is needed locally. Depending on my circumstances I will move to wherever those things are.

Example.
My husband had cancer and we lived on generational family farm in eastern Kentucky. Out in the sticks. Eventually the drives into Lexington for his appointments and treatments got to be too much. We deeded the farm to family. We created an ESOP and handed my business over to my employees and moved to Lexington. Fast forward to now and the 2 main towns in the general area have fairly decent medical centers supported by UK, state and federal dollars and private benefactors.

Small towns who let the Talibornagains run off young families will suffer. In the case of women's health. If there's one pharmacist in town and they refuse, and no one wants to come in for competition, then people will have to make decisions on where they live or else figure out how to "put in a supply" every time they go to the big city.

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How do we address a pharmacist who's too religious to sell birth control? [View all] NickB79 Jul 2022 OP

If a person knowingly goes into a profession TxGuitar Jul 2022 #1

+1000 lindysalsagal Jul 2022 #12

So Muslims should not work at a grocery store. Got it. Cuthbert Allgood Jul 2022 #50

If their beliefs forbid them then yes TxGuitar Jul 2022 #53

+1 BeerBarrelPolka Jul 2022 #59

It might be our country Zeitghost Jul 2022 #60

You are aware that the Civil Rights act Ms. Toad Jul 2022 #65

If your ethics say you can't sell or transport something that's legal, you shouldn't take a job that WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2022 #2

I think that's why it's difficult for me NickB79 Jul 2022 #4

There was a lot of varying interpretation from Muslim scholars about what the drivers could and WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2022 #17

This RobinA Jul 2022 #68

No weasel behind a counter gets to tell me I have to bear a child when I don't want to. Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #3

Healthcare is not the same as .... paleotn Jul 2022 #5

I'm an atheist, but if I worked in a bookstore that sold Bibles, Croney Jul 2022 #6

And if you owned a bookstore Zeitghost Jul 2022 #30

If I owned a bookstore there would be no Bibles in it. Croney Jul 2022 #48

As would be your right Zeitghost Jul 2022 #61

Birth control should be OTC - no prescription necessary. Vinca Jul 2022 #7

I sorta famously don't give a shit about what 2,000 y.o. texts have to say, but ... Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2022 #8

I think interfering with prescribed items is safe line to draw SYFROYH Jul 2022 #9

Is not the pharmacist's religious belief in conflict with the customer's? Raven123 Jul 2022 #10

There already is a work around Sympthsical Jul 2022 #25

If your religion and job conflict, it's time to give up one of them. Novara Jul 2022 #11

And I for one believe if I want to have sex for fun...it is my right as an Amerian, and the Demsrule86 Jul 2022 #29

Damn right Novara Jul 2022 #33

You won't find a ham and cheese at a kosher deli either - but it's a kosher deli. So, duh. Solly Mack Jul 2022 #13

There is deffinitly a difference Zeitghost Jul 2022 #31

As legal as catholic hospitals. Solly Mack Jul 2022 #32

+1 Hiawatha Pete Jul 2022 #35

If you refuse to do your job, don't be surprised when they fire you. lindysalsagal Jul 2022 #14

The Civil Rights Act says otherwise - Ms. Toad Jul 2022 #64

Somali immigrants didn't take professional ethics oaths. Pharmacists do. Eyeball_Kid Jul 2022 #15

Most effective action is to remove our almighty dollars from those businesses. Even if it requires allegorical oracle Jul 2022 #16

Think about "end of life" prescriptions Sympthsical Jul 2022 #18

The torah tells *me* not to eat pork. It doesn't tell me non-jews can't eat pork unblock Jul 2022 #19

take your business elsewhere. nt Baltimike Jul 2022 #20

They shouldn't take the job. Same with the Muslim taxi drivers. CrispyQ Jul 2022 #21

It's not the companies Sympthsical Jul 2022 #28

I took my business elsewhere. KentuckyWoman Jul 2022 #22

Will the pharmacist sell condoms? I'll bet the answer is yes. Greybnk48 Jul 2022 #23

Will the pharmacist sell condoms? I'll bet the answer is yes. Greybnk48 Jul 2022 #24

Fire his/her ass...he needs retraining. Demsrule86 Jul 2022 #26

Every Employee should sign an agreement that they are willing to sell every item in a store Nictuku Jul 2022 #27

I think people like that should start their own business and then refuse to sell ecstatic Jul 2022 #34

The incident in WI where a Walgreens employee refused to sell condoms Ocelot II Jul 2022 #36

That's what I don't understand... AZSkiffyGeek Jul 2022 #42

The manager checked the customer out Sympthsical Jul 2022 #43

And the cashier was a self-righteous jerk about it, making an issue Ocelot II Jul 2022 #51

Another cashier was called over, Ocelot II Jul 2022 #49

If that had happened to me I would have demanded to see the store manager rurallib Jul 2022 #37

I have very little sympathy. Straw Man Jul 2022 #38

What about Amish Electricians who refuse to wire buildings. madinmaryland Jul 2022 #56

I see Muslim shops and pharmacies here (overseas) every day. Tetrachloride Jul 2022 #39

Middle-easterners own or lease a lot of gas stations FoxNewsSucks Jul 2022 #41

I'm sick of their sanctimonious attitude. FoxNewsSucks Jul 2022 #40

There's a pharmacy tech who won't touch birth control Sympthsical Jul 2022 #44

Conscience clauses became a thing in the Bush/Cheney administration as Dubya & GOP catered... Hekate Jul 2022 #58

They came in after Roe Sympthsical Jul 2022 #62

That makes sense Hekate Jul 2022 #63

So I could get a job at the local Gunz-n-Such and refuse to ring up the merch? NotASurfer Jul 2022 #45

My problem is less SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2022 #46

the company should deal with them by firing them Takket Jul 2022 #47

I would address him as Mr. Fuckwit harumph Jul 2022 #52

Your personal beliefs should be left at the door TxGuitar Jul 2022 #54

That's not a problem for me... Silent3 Jul 2022 #55

I'll go with frogmarch Jul 2022 #57

That's the gig pinkstarburst Jul 2022 #66

The pharmacist in question should be fired Blaukraut Jul 2022 #67