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This 4 page paper examines the right of a pharmacist not to prescribe birth control. Some state laws and anecdotes are relayed. Information about the controversy that has cropped up in 2005 is explored. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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they are allowed to do this if in fact their conscience invades. They legally do not have to prescribe the pill and clearly, if the pharmacy is owned by an
individual pharmacist and he is religious, he can do as he likes. He can have the pharmacy void of condoms if he chooses. This has been a much discussed topic
of late because it has outraged people, and particularly feminists who feel that their reproductive rights are once again impinged. How can a professional refuse to fill a prescription for
a legal subsistence that a patient and doctor agreed was integral to the patients health? While pharmacists claim that the pill is something that goes against their religion, for example,
the truth is that the pill also helps women to regulate their periods and is sometimes prescribed during peri-menopause or even when a girl starts her period. Some of these
women are not even having sex when they begin hormonal therapy. The pill sometimes helps with intolerable cramps or other symptoms. Clearly, while it is intended to be used as
birth control, the truth is that it can be used for other reasons. The morning after pill of course is another substance that is equated with abortion and that
is very controversial. Some pharmacists refuse to fill those prescriptions as well. Are the pharmacists right on this issue? What gives the pharmacist the right to refuse to prescribe a
legal drug? Also, if a pharmacists could refuse to prescribe birth control, can he or she refuse to prescribe anything that they do not think is safe? If someone has
had a sex change operation and needs follow up drugs, or someone is taking painkillers, can the pharmacist refuse to serve them as well? While these issues have not
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