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This could be an interesting dilemma

by Steven Haninger Mar 31, 2015 6:32PM PDT

American Pharmacists Association Discourages Members From Providing Lethal Injection Drugs

Moral, ethical and religious grounds are cited in the many articles and TV news broadcasts I've seen on this topic. So how is it we could want to force individual pharmacies or pharmacists to provide abortifacients and other drugs that violate their moral codes? All of this is in the realm of medical ethics but such ethics extend far beyond the drug industry. We want to make sure there's access to abortion and require such training in medical schools.

I find it strange that it's OK to kill an unborn child but might not be OK to refuse to bake a cake.

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Common sense has disintegrated here....

by TONI H Mar 31, 2015 9:39PM PDT

When I saw the tickertape on that topic last night as I watched tv in bed, I had exactly the same question come to mind, but didn't get out of bed to post it here in SE...... I seem to recall a number of years ago that a pharmacist in Cleveland, OH was actually allowed to refuse to sell birth control pills and condoms in his family owned 'drug store' because he was Catholic and only the 'rhythm' method was allowed . It made headline news in both print and tv, but I believe the reason he won the case at that time was because he had the right to refuse to sell a product rather than refuse to sell to an individual customer.

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I'm OK with laws designed to address actual harm

by Steven Haninger Mar 31, 2015 10:25PM PDT

that would be done to people but we've push too far when we make laws designed to address simple inconvenience, annoyance and hurt feelings by a few. Whatever will gather a few more votes, I suppose...

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