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In reply to the discussion: Aitkin County jury finds for pharmacist who declined to fill birth control prescription [View all]Ocelot II
(115,281 posts)29. Great LTTE about this case this morning:
The front-page headline in Monday's paper "Morning-after pill denied; suit follows" baffled me. How can a valid prescription be denied? But as I read the details of that article and the follow-up articles throughout the week, I went from baffled to angry. Andrea Anderson's request never should have been denied. The fact that her suit against the pharmacist resulted in a jury trial costing Minnesota taxpayers money should make us all angry, but more importantly the fact that her sexual history and her personal/confidential therapy records were brought up as part of the defense is outrageous and should scare every one of us no matter where your reproductive opinions lie.
Here is what matters: Is Ella a legal/approved drug? Yes. Was the prescription written by an authorized/licensed provider? Yes. Is Thrifty White in the business of filling prescriptions? Yes. Did Thrifty White hire George Badeaux as a pharmacist whose responsibilities include filling valid prescriptions? Yes. Did Badeaux fulfill his responsibility by filling Anderson's valid prescription? No. Case closed.
How Badeaux felt about the actual drugs or the effects of the prescriptions presented to him was irrelevant. If he applied for and accepted a job as a pharmacist, he needed to fulfill all of the job, not just the parts he liked. No one was making him take this job. If it didn't align with his beliefs, he could have chosen another line of work. And if Thrifty White wanted to support Badeaux's decision to not fill certain legal/valid prescriptions, as a condition of operating as a pharmacy, it should be required to have another pharmacist on duty at all times to fill the prescriptions that Badeaux refuses to. They too had a responsibility to fulfill here.
Badeaux stated that he is a Christian and respects every human being. The only human being on the other side of this case is Anderson, and Badeaux did not respect her or her right to obtain a legal, validly prescribed medication.
https://www.startribune.com/readers-write-contraceptives-abortion-inflation/600196139/
Here is what matters: Is Ella a legal/approved drug? Yes. Was the prescription written by an authorized/licensed provider? Yes. Is Thrifty White in the business of filling prescriptions? Yes. Did Thrifty White hire George Badeaux as a pharmacist whose responsibilities include filling valid prescriptions? Yes. Did Badeaux fulfill his responsibility by filling Anderson's valid prescription? No. Case closed.
How Badeaux felt about the actual drugs or the effects of the prescriptions presented to him was irrelevant. If he applied for and accepted a job as a pharmacist, he needed to fulfill all of the job, not just the parts he liked. No one was making him take this job. If it didn't align with his beliefs, he could have chosen another line of work. And if Thrifty White wanted to support Badeaux's decision to not fill certain legal/valid prescriptions, as a condition of operating as a pharmacy, it should be required to have another pharmacist on duty at all times to fill the prescriptions that Badeaux refuses to. They too had a responsibility to fulfill here.
Badeaux stated that he is a Christian and respects every human being. The only human being on the other side of this case is Anderson, and Badeaux did not respect her or her right to obtain a legal, validly prescribed medication.
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Aitkin County jury finds for pharmacist who declined to fill birth control prescription [View all]
question everything
Aug 2022
OP
my sincerely held religous belief says if u dont do what your told I can fire u nt
msongs
Aug 2022
#1
I use to live in the 8th Congressional District and Jim Oberstar was my representative
turbinetree
Aug 2022
#27
Imagine a gun store clerk who refused to sell a man self-defense ammunition because it might
sop
Aug 2022
#25
Several years ago taxi drivers at the Minneapolis St. Paul airport refused passengers
question everything
Aug 2022
#56
Yes. GOP leaders care nothing about the abortion issue. This is about controlling women.
Irish_Dem
Aug 2022
#44
Insanity. If his religion prevents him from filling a prescription, he can't be a pharmacist.
SunSeeker
Aug 2022
#7
What if it was my personal religious belief that I'm justified in thrashing the pharmacist
royable
Aug 2022
#9
Aren't they required to refer the patient to another pharmacist who will fill the prescription?
keithbvadu2
Aug 2022
#12
Yes, he "offered" to send it to another pharmacy 100 miles away (we are talking rural area)
question everything
Aug 2022
#35
Even more egregious, a pharmacist who doesn't understand how the script he
childfreebychoice
Aug 2022
#17
What if Old Order Amish people bought all the car dealerships and electronics stores,
Ocelot II
Aug 2022
#28