Biden administration officials on Wednesday said they are sending memos to tens of thousands of pharmacies nationwide to warn against refusing abortion or contraception care medications prescriptions.
Good!
Second!
So what about pharmacists with âstrongly held beliefsâ?
I have read that Walgreens said their pharmacists can decline if they make an effort to get the client served elsewhere.
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Ah, the Summer Hijinks are in full gear!
Correct. Conscience rights (conscience clauses) are limited by the duty of care, which must be maintained through referrals and transfers to other providers/vendors so that a refusal to provide a service does not result in abandonment of a patient. This is a clear OCR issue. Thank you HHS.
The Biden administration is in the fight.
I would like to see Nancy Pelosi announce that no bill will pass the House with the âHide amendmentâ.
But Republicans are going to have to fight this which means abortion will be a big news story from now until after we vote in November.
Good, but I foresee a host of willing martyrs (AKA attention whores) seeking publicity for refusing.
Also a major issue in rural/underserved areas where a lot of driving could be involved, especially if thereâs pressure on the pharmacists not to cooperate.
Someone in mid-miscarriage does not need to be driving around the countryside looking for someone who will fill a script. And even in my area, there are a limited number of 24 hour pharmacies.
where pharmacists have refused to fill prescriptions for contraception and abortion medication
Pharmacists working in an industry that blankets television sets nightly with cushy soft drug commercials bearing forgettable names that have side effects like death.
No issues with that.
Nice to see government doing its job. I think Republicans tried to make a 5 alarm fire out of this (ââstrongly held beliefsââ) during Obamaâs presidency.
I bet BigPharma wants nothing to do with this. But lawyers love this stuff.
Theyâre welcome to ask Kim Davis how that worked out.
Youâre right that access to care in rural areas is hard, and has been neglected far too long.
They did. States, like Texas, passed laws protecting the rights of pharmacists to refuse to do their jobs and fill prescriptions they objected to for reasons.
Well, this sounds good, but what about the individual employeeâs inviolable ârightâ to refuse to dispense any medication that they personally deplore (on the basis of Christianity, of course)? Will pharmacies have to do the way grocery stores do for underage cashiers who arenât permitted to touch alcohol containers, and call in an older, less bigoted employee to ring up the sale?
âMay cause Diarrhea or Constipation.â
And while keeping an eye on the pharmacists, is there an OTC medication for the Vapors?
Ask your doctor if Pharmaloot⢠is right for you.
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Or mild discomfort.
âBut donât ask for contraception, because Iâm pro-life!!!â
Hmmmmmmm. I think that federal court needs to toss that right out on the basis of this isnât a federal matter and Linds being a US Senator doesnât make it a federal matter. Back you go to Georgia.
Thatâs my opinion.
How long before Target refuses to sell coat hangers?
There is always is The Container Store. Buy in bulk.