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Sympthsical

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44. There's a pharmacy tech who won't touch birth control

Sun Jul 24, 2022, 12:36 PM

Jul 2022

Works in one of my partner's pharmacies. They accommodate it. Someone else sorts it when it comes up.

And this is California.

Conscience clauses have always been a thing.

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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