Wal-Mart Must Stock 'Morning After' Pill in Mass

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My response to the ruling would to be to close all pharmacies in the state of Massachusetts:
**Wal-Mart Must Stock ‘Morning After’ Pill in Mass. **

The state board that oversees pharmacies voted Tuesday to require Wal-Mart to stock emergency contraception pills at its Massachusetts pharmacies, a spokeswoman at the Department of Public Health said.

The unanimous decision by the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy comes two weeks after three women sued Wal-Mart in state court for failing to carry the so called “morning after” pill in its Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores in the state.

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I see this and can not understand how people don’t understand that our religious freedoms are eroding. This pill is available in almost every other pharmacy. This is just forcing people to act contrary to one’s religious conscience. :mad:
 
WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU SUE A COMPANY FOR NOT CARRYING SOMETHING…? WOULDN’T YOU GO SOMEWHERE ELSE??

Ok, that’s it! I am going to sue every store that does not carry the Douay Reims Haddock Commentary Bible!!! 😛
 
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Jennifer123:
I see this and can not understand how people don’t understand that our religious freedoms are eroding. This pill is available in almost every other pharmacy. This is just forcing people to act contrary to one’s religious conscience. :mad:
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How are your freedoms being eroded? I see no change in your freedom. You are more than free to either a) not buy the product in question or b) shop elsewhere. These companies are acting from a business point of view, not religious.

And, in response to a previous poster, closing all the pharmacies in Massachusetts would not be a good option. There are plenty of valuable and necessary prescriptions that would be lost due to bullishness.
 
Our freedoms are certainly being eroded if businesses are not free to decide what products to carry.

The irony is that pro-abortion folks like to pretend their position is “pro-choice.” Obviously, they are happy to take away choices that don’t promote the abortion agenda, such as the choice not to pay taxes to fund abortions or the choice to not to carry abortion-inducing products. We need to be very clear – pro-abortion people are NOT pro-choice!
 
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bquinnan:
Our freedoms are certainly being eroded if businesses are not free to decide what products to carry.

The irony is that pro-abortion folks like to pretend their position is “pro-choice.” Obviously, they are happy to take away choices that don’t promote the abortion agenda, such as the choice not to pay taxes to fund abortions or the choice to not to carry abortion-inducing products. We need to be very clear – pro-abortion people are NOT pro-choice!
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ITA.

The Illinois state law referenced in the article forces pharmacists to dispense the morning-after pill. Many don’t want to based on the fact that it aborts a fertilized egg - a human being - by not allowing it to implant in the uterus. These pharmacists have a religious conviction to not assist in this type of abortion.
My question is - how is that NOT forcing one to act contrary to thier religious conviction?

I don’t see how forcing Wal-Mart to dispense this drug is any different. They made a business decision to not carry it. Again, I guess I turn the question back to you all. Why don’t these women just go to another pharmacy?

To me, IMHO, this is just another episode of what Fr. John Hardon called the white martyrdom - a martyrdom without bloodshed for proclaiming the truth. Instead, many professionals with moral conviction, especially those in the health care field, are having to face sacrificing their careers for the sake of righteousness.

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There are some things that are just plain wrong! The government has no right what so ever to tell me what I must sell. They have every right to tell me not to sell illegal items but it is my choice to not sell anything I don’t want to. I compare it to the eminent domain laws …that are becoming more than illegal. The court has become a leglislative body and no one seems able to stop them. The only recourse is to just ignore them. I know it goes against what we are supposed to do but sometimes I think we are given no choice. Go Walmart for at least trying to do what is right.
 
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Jennifer123:
That is what’s happening in Illinois:

christianpost.com/article/society/2223/section/battles.over.morning-after.pill.law.heat.up.in.illinois/1.htm

Unfortunately these people most likely face loss of income, legal fees and possible suspension of licences for refusing state law.
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Sigh, that’s because they chose to work at a place that sells contraception. If they had chosen, instead, to work at a pharmacy that does not sell contraception, they would not be facing this action. The IL directive is clear, if the pharmacy does not stock contraception, then the rule does not apply. If the company sells contraception, then they must fill any script for it, to any person, in no longer of a period of time than they fill any other script. No lectures, no sermons, no delay.
 
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a_cermak:
The IL directive is clear, if the pharmacy does not stock contraception, then the rule does not apply. If the company sells contraception, then they must fill any script for it, to any person, in no longer of a period of time than they fill any other script. No lectures, no sermons, no delay.
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That doesn’t make the law any more accomodating. It is still religious discrimination IMHO.
This particular issue isn’t about contraception - it’s about a drug that induces abortion. Any one should have the choice to work where they want without being forced to compromise religious beliefs. These laws are intolerant.
 
The morning after pill acts no differently from other oral forms of contraception. It is simply packaged as a stronger dose.

The IL directive applies to pharmacies, not pharmacists so it is difficult to say it affects freedom of religion. If a pharmacy chooses not to stock contraception, that is its right. If a pharmacy chooses to stock contraception then it must dispense it to anyone with a valid script in exactly the same way it would any other drug.

In this case, it is the pharmacy that is making this ruling on the pharmacists because the pharmacy does not want to pay two pharmacists (needing one non-objector to fill scripts that objector won’t fill). These pharmacists should try to get jobs at pharmacies that don’t stock contraception, or start pharmacies that don’t sell contraception.
 
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WanderAimlessly:
My response to the ruling would to be to close all pharmacies in the state of Massachusetts:PF
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This suit was such a set up by Planned Parenthood and NARAL. They purposely and shamelessly recruited and paraded 3 women out in front of the cameras after filing this suit. It was unnecessary since in this state (Mass.) just about every other pharmacy offers these death pills as well.

boston.com/business/articles/2006/02/15/state_orders_wal_mart_to_sell_morning_after_pill/
 
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a_cermak:
The morning after pill acts no differently from other oral forms of contraception. It is simply packaged as a stronger dose.
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Both can cause a chemical abortion. Most women don’t know their everyday “pill” can cause the body to abort a fertilized egg. The latter is given in the hopes it will.

We don’t force doctors to perform abortions (yet :rolleyes: ) even though they may work in a hospital that provides them. It’s funny that those who support choice always seem to try to take choice away from those with moral conscience.

This will have a chilling effect on businesses hiring pro-life or even Christian employees IMHO. Pharmacists aren’t enslaved by the doctor-patient relationship. There is no moral obligation to sell or dispense the morning-after pill, especially if it can be found elsewhere.

Just my :twocents:
 
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soulspeak23:
How are your freedoms being eroded? I see no change in your freedom. You are more than free to either a) not buy the product in question or b) shop elsewhere. These companies are acting from a business point of view, not religious.

And, in response to a previous poster, closing all the pharmacies in Massachusetts would not be a good option. There are plenty of valuable and necessary prescriptions that would be lost due to bullishness.
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The erosion of freedom comes when a government forces a private business to carry a certain product. It makes no difference what the product is.
 
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