Pharmacists? Other healthcare workers?

[Rence]

I would look for a job where I felt my beliefs were not asked to be compromised.

I interviewed yesterday for a job as the RN Manager of a women’s health clinic which will offer alternatives to ABC, teach about abstinence, give help with adoptions, offer free pregnancy testing and teach about alternatives to abortion. I really want this job. Please keep me in your prayers! Thanks!

WOW, what a great opportunity for you!! I’ll pray for you that you get this job. Let me know if you do!

 

[Dr_Paul]

I do not prescribe them… I do not prescribe artificial contraception, not even for medical conditions. I do see the benefit in some conditions but I cannot prescribe them in good conscience knowing that I could be causing an abortion (BCP do not ALWAYS prevent ovulation and can prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg causing the loss of that life).

I do not like to use the term birth control bill (BCP) or oral contraceptive pill (OCP) for estrogen/progesterone pills when they are being used specifically to treat a legitimate medical illness.

There are most certainly indications for using these medications where ovulation is not an issue. Women with premature ovarian failure (such as from autoimmune disease or Turner syndrome) cannot produce their own estrogen and cannot ovulate.

Prescribing them with the intent of preventing conception is always immoral. However, if one weighs the risks and benefits of estrogen/progesterone medications, one can in good conscience prescribe them.

Would you also refuse to prescribe chemotherapy for a woman with cancer because this treatment might lead to an abortion even if this was not the intended effect of the treatment?

 

[brbgrl]

There are most certainly indications for using these medications where ovulation is not an issue. Women with premature ovarian failure (such as from autoimmune disease or Turner syndrome) cannot produce their own estrogen and cannot ovulate.

I see your point, if ovulation is absolutely not possible anyway than I probably wouldn’t have a problem prescribing hormone replacement (after patient informed of risks/benefits). That’s similar to HRT in post-menopausal women, NOT the same as prescribing OCP to fertile women.

Would you also refuse to prescribe chemotherapy for a woman with cancer because this treatment might lead to an abortion even if this was not the intended effect of the treatment?

I don’t have a problem prescribing life saving treatments to anyone who is fully informed of risks/benefits. There are certainly many medications that “might” lead to an abortion. But I cannot think of an illness where OCPs are medically necessary to save a life and/or there is not an alternative treatment.

Trust me I really do recognize the benefits in treatment some conditions. Prior to my conversion I took them and they did wonders for my acne and endometriosis pain. However, I cannot in good conscious prescribe them knowing how they work. Now I see an NFP doctor who is helping me figure out what the underlying cause of my symptoms is and how to work with my body to fix it instead of masking it with BCPs.