"There are mail order pharmacies."
Are you kidding? Mail order pharmacies for the morning after pill? Kind of defeats the whole idea doesn't it.
"That's an intolerant view"
Ok, so it's intolerant if I tell a pharmacist to set aside his religion while ringing up legal medicines, but it's not intolerant for you to tell people to go somewhere else to buy their legal medicines because it doesn't mesh with your religion? Give me a break. No wonder you keep getting your butt kicked in these discussions.
"Doctors aren't "over" pharmacists. The two professions are mutually exclusive"
Really? How many pharmacists can prescribe medicines? A Doctor may not be the boss of a pharmacist, but he is the one deciding what is best for the patitne, not the pharmacist. The pharmacists job is to dispense the drugs that have been prescribed, and at most, to double check to see that their isn't a conflict with other drugs that the patient is taking.
"Doctors practicing medicine are given licenses by the states where they practice but the states do not regulate or govern the procedures that the doctor must carry out? See the analogy?"
Yes, but it's a poor one. The pharmacist's job isn't to treat a patient. His job is to count out the right number of pills, put them in a jar, and take money in axchange for them. Obviously there is somewhat more to it than that, but the comparison between a Doctor and a pharmacist simply isn't accurate.
"They aren't the conscience for their clients. They're acting on their own conscience"
And that's fine. They should not use these medicines if they are morally opposed to them. However, they should not be forcing their morals on their clients. That isn't their job.
Slowguy
(insert pithy phrase here...)
Are you kidding? Mail order pharmacies for the morning after pill? Kind of defeats the whole idea doesn't it.
"That's an intolerant view"
Ok, so it's intolerant if I tell a pharmacist to set aside his religion while ringing up legal medicines, but it's not intolerant for you to tell people to go somewhere else to buy their legal medicines because it doesn't mesh with your religion? Give me a break. No wonder you keep getting your butt kicked in these discussions.
"Doctors aren't "over" pharmacists. The two professions are mutually exclusive"
Really? How many pharmacists can prescribe medicines? A Doctor may not be the boss of a pharmacist, but he is the one deciding what is best for the patitne, not the pharmacist. The pharmacists job is to dispense the drugs that have been prescribed, and at most, to double check to see that their isn't a conflict with other drugs that the patient is taking.
"Doctors practicing medicine are given licenses by the states where they practice but the states do not regulate or govern the procedures that the doctor must carry out? See the analogy?"
Yes, but it's a poor one. The pharmacist's job isn't to treat a patient. His job is to count out the right number of pills, put them in a jar, and take money in axchange for them. Obviously there is somewhat more to it than that, but the comparison between a Doctor and a pharmacist simply isn't accurate.
"They aren't the conscience for their clients. They're acting on their own conscience"
And that's fine. They should not use these medicines if they are morally opposed to them. However, they should not be forcing their morals on their clients. That isn't their job.
Slowguy
(insert pithy phrase here...)