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Originally Posted by Variable
Anyway, thanks for the info... but I don't know if I was referring more to actual physicians as I was to pharmacy clerks at big chain stores. If I was going to run a major pharmacy, I'd want people to know that if we sold a certain product, they'd be able to buy it without the possibility of being made to feel immoral depending on who's serving them.
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when plan B first went over the counter, the company i work for sent out an email to all the pharmacists saying basically what khairan said, that if we had a moral objection to selling it, we had to find a way for them to get it. basically we couldnt just say 'sorry i cant help you', we would have to call another store and make sure that they had it and that their pharmacist would sell it.
also, what raatkirani said is correct about the difference between the morning after pill and the medication misoprostil which causes abortion. i have no problem selling birth control or plan B. but i have, and will
always refuse to fill prescriptions if that medication is going to abort a healthy pregnancy. i dont want any part of that. similarly, i will not sell needles to drug users. no matter who is asking to buy them, i always ask to see some sort of proof that they are not for illicit purposes. i have never had anyone but the people intending to use them for drugs object to being asked. but...if that same patient came into the pharmacy with a prescription for suboxone ( a drug used to treat narcotic addiction) i would not refuse to fill it.