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Steve - 29 Mar 2005 22:18 GMT

There have been news reports about pharmacists who are refusing to
fill prescriptions for birth control and morning-after pills, because
it would violate their moral or religious beliefs. Some will even
refuse to refer customers elsewhere or transfer prescriptions.

Any comments about this?

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getsumonya - 29 Mar 2005 22:52 GMT

Do a simple search and you will find many many threads on this.

Brad

> There have been news reports about pharmacists who are refusing to
> fill prescriptions for birth control and morning-after pills, because
> it would violate their moral or religious beliefs. Some will even
> refuse to refer customers elsewhere or transfer prescriptions.
>
> Any comments about this?

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Glenn Gilbreath Jr. - 01 Jan 2002 05:00 GMT

>From: "getsumonya" <conspiracy@theory.com>
>Subject: Re: Refusing to fill prescriptions - do you agree?
>Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:52:05 GMT

>Do a simple search and you will find many many threads on this.

>Brad

>> There have been news reports about pharmacists who are refusing to
>> fill prescriptions for birth control and morning-after pills, because
>> it would violate their moral or religious beliefs. Some will even
>> refuse to refer customers elsewhere or transfer prescriptions.
>>
>> Any comments about this?

That's true enough Brad! Besides, there was a small attempt at
a flame war a few months back on this group over this non-issue.
What the majority of people do not realize is all pharmacists DO
have the right and authority to refuse to fill ANY prescription,
which in their judgement is not "in the best interest of the
patient or violates personal morals/beliefs"...a prescription
is not a "right to possess" a medication. So, if a patient gets
torqued out of shape because a pharmacist refuses to dispense
the morning-after prescription, they should check other pharmacies
in the area.
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Steve - 31 Mar 2005 07:37 GMT

>What the majority of people do not realize is all pharmacists DO
>have the right and authority to refuse to fill ANY prescription,
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>the morning-after prescription, they should check other pharmacies
>in the area.

But this doesn't address the other issues - pharmacists who refuse to
return or transfer the prescription, and situations in which time is
of the essence.

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Pumbaa - 31 Mar 2005 16:03 GMT

I would think that an unfilled prescription is the property of the person
who's name is on the prescription. What could possibly give a pharmacist
the legal right to seize a person's personal property (a Rx) without going
thru a court of law? Maybe Planned Parenthood could provide the customer
with a list of pharmacies that are willing to fill a morning-after Rx and
have the medication in stock.

> >What the majority of people do not realize is all pharmacists DO
> >have the right and authority to refuse to fill ANY prescription,
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> return or transfer the prescription, and situations in which time is
> of the essence.

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Bob G. - 31 Mar 2005 16:20 GMT

>>What the majority of people do not realize is all pharmacists DO
>>have the right and authority to refuse to fill ANY prescription,
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>return or transfer the prescription, and situations in which time is
>of the essence.

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A unfilled Rx is the property of the patient PERIOD and I as a
Pharmacist have no right to refuse to hand it back to the patient...

As for refusing to transfer an exsisting Rx.. That one I honestly do
not know the legality of..... Just something "we" have always done
for anyone..for any reason ...sometimes to be truthful It was a
pleasure to transfer some patients Rx's just to get rid of them as
customers

ANYWAY... I am retired BUT work one evening a Week for a Drug/Grocery
Combo in the DC area....and the company issued a memo in response to
the article on this subject that appeared in the Washington Post last
weekend I believe

The Memo basically stated that The RX

1. SHOULD be filled by another Pharmacist if 2 were present
2. The RX SHOULD be filled AND DELIVERED to the patients home later
if another Pharmacist was scheduled later in the day..
3. The Rx SHOULD be carried to another Store ( by a Clerk I guess)
filled then DELIVERED to the patients home...

The chain I work for does NOT deliver... BUT I see nothing wrong
with the companies DIRECTIVE ...

Bob G

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Jason - 30 Mar 2005 02:04 GMT

If it happened to me related to one of my prescriptions--I would go to
another drug store. If the gov't legalized the "date rate drug" and I was
a pharmacist--I would not fill the prescription. I support their
rights--however--if they got fired--it would not upset me.

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