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Re: Whatever happened to respecting the views of others?
by crowe

Well, you may not see it, but it is terrible.

A pharmacist may not agree with sex change operations, breast enhancement, or people getting fat by eating too much, but he cannot and should not withhold prescriptions from people who are undergoing treatments for these things. Same with contraception. Would it not have occurred to someone considering this profession that they would face this issue? They should consider a different profession.

They are entitled to their beliefs, and nothing prohibits them from writing letters or protesting or whatever. But their chosen profession dictates they obey the doctors' decisions, as others have so correctly pointed out. Why should their belief trump a patient's belief that this prescription is needed and ought to be filled?

Do you really want a society in the future in which businesses are lined up along a street separated by religious affiliation? The Catholic Go For It family planning clinic? The Muslim Guzzler car dealership? The Mormon Protective Underwear store? The Baptist Don't Touch dancing academy? The Far Right Aid pharmacy?

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