Do you think pharmacies should be forced to sell emergency contraception like Plan B?
23 Comments
Roxie Kremer said:
No they should not! Let those who want to buy it, go to a store that doesn't care.
There are lots of other places to get it.
John in Puyallup, WA said:
This debate is not as complex as it sounds. Nevermind the fact that I'm pro-life. Think business and free market v. intrusive regulation. Are drug stores required to sell condoms? Are tire stores required to sell snow chains? No. These are business decisions, which will be made to the benefit or the detriment of the owners. Nevertheless, it's their decision. Pharmacies are no different. Most of them are privately owned, and have to compete just like every other market. Not all pharmacy owners are anti-Plan B. If you feel you must acquire it, find a pharmacy that carries it. If you owned a coffee shop, you wouldn't want big brother mandating that you carry soy milk. Different products, same root issue. And it's not a matter of freedom. The business owner's right to not carry trumps your right to buy. Remember those signs that read "We reserve the right to refuse service..."?
Marina said:
No, they shouldn't be. It's their right and freedom not to sell it. I am christian, and I believe, those who refuse are making the right decision. Make people who wants it to look for it in the different places. I also agree with coments above.
zip said:
The pharmacies and pharmacists who refuse to prescribe Plan B should be commended for thier stand. Just because something is legal, doesn't make it right. This has boiled down to an individual moral issue which should not be legislated.
Mike in Longview said:
Can Pharmacies who refuse to sell emgergency contraceptives be held liable for wrongful pregnancies?
Doug Bransford said:
Freedom to say, or not say, do or not do, sell or not sell, must be left to the the individual. Otherwise, we may as well hang it up as the government will take complete control of our lives .
mark said:
RALPH'S HAS CHOICE TOO!
Ray, in Edgewood said:
It is not ANYBODY's right to force dispensing of a morally objectionable item. Many years ago it was publicly stated "We don't need birth control, we just need self control". They could never have imagined the ways we have to avoid self control and sacred responsibility. Why, even the court wants to make sure you can have Plan B.
Loretta Paradise said:
I have read the above comments. Some say it better than I can. As with any other item that a store/pharmacy sells, the decision should be made by those who run the business. The rights of the employees are also very important. I know certain stores do not sell certain items, so I go to a store that does sell that item. By the way, that is why there are so many stores/pharmacies. If a person wants to buy a certain drug or other item, then they need to pick up DEX and find out who sells it. 'Agendas' seem to think that everyone has to go along with them. People and companies should NOT be required to sell / purchase or pay for items that go against their personal and/or professional Vision/Ethic/Mission Statement. If people want to do things or buy things - let them go to places and people with that same vision/ethic/mission statement. We are supposed to have the same rights - Freedom of Choice. When I infringe on the freedom of another and they infringe on my freedom - that is when freedom has been lost, for both sides. Ralphs and every other pharmacy has the right and freedom to choose what they will and will not sell.
Paul Ronald said:
It is a very sad day when the government tells us what we have to sell. Reciently a Safeway store closed in downtown Olympia. This is just another way the area is chasing businesses out of town. I support Kevin and his choice and shop at his store more than ever. The people that are boycotting the store need to get a life.
Eileen said:
A business is not a person. It doesn't have Constitutional Rights. Plan B should be sold in every pharmacy to those that request it. If we let this by, whata other items will they try not to carry for the public?
Torra said:
No one who does not have a medical degree gets to deside what medications are nessicary for my health. What perscriptions I take are between me and my doctor, and no one without as least as much education and training as my doctor gets to dissagree with their perscritions. No One. Pharmasists are genroraly well educated, and have to go though training, but that training is NOT the equivlent of a medical degree! Pharmasists are there to aid my informed desissions of what medications I put into my body, not to determine which to give me.
Ceedra Danz said:
My doctor desides what perscritions to give me, I deside what medications to take, pharmasists despence those medications. The pharamasist does not have the right to say "I don't like this medication, so no." It's not his helth at risk, it's mine, he does not have the right to put my health at risk because he dosn't like my doctors orders.
Melissa said:
Plan B is not like a condom, or a latte. You're talking about an 'item' in this case whose efficiency is directly related to the amount of time it takes to acquire it. (It is most effective within the first 48 hours). For rape victims hoping to prevent pregnancy by a rapist, every moment counts. If pharmacists are so offended by this product, no one is going to force them to take it for themselves, but I'm tired of all this 'moralizing' by the neo-conservative religious minority in this country. Plan B is not an issue of 'right to refuse service' it's a medical necessity for crisis situations. Shame on Ralph's.
Gretchen said:
What this shows is how ignorant the Ralph's pharmacists are!!! Do they sell birth control pills??? If they do they should sell Plan B as the pill works the same way!!! Plan B is pregnancy prevention. If you are pregnant, Plan B does not work!!! The high dose of progestin can delay ovulation and it makes the woman's mucous thick so the sperm can't reach the egg. By not selling Plan B they are saying once that sperm is "deposited" that it is sacred and needs to be protected... These pharmacist need to go back to school and need to be replaced with pharmacist that have a brain... Plan B PREVENTS abortion!!!!
Anonymous said:
Should a supermarket be forced to sell vegetables? Yes!! I went to a place called 'Murry's' in Washington, DC. I looked around for awhile and then finally asked if they had lettuce for sale... The cashier responded with: "What it is?"... What it is? What does that mean? So, to answer this question... YES OF COURSE THEY SHOULD BE FORCED TO SELL PLAN B CONTRACEPTIVE. If not, society will collapse upon itself. Retard at Murry's didn't know what the hell lettuce was!!!! Some day that same cashier will be pregnant, and they wont know what lettuce is.
And to those who consider themselves 'christians' it should CERTAINLY NOT BE YOUR DECISION. Religion hinders the progression of society. So, they need to shut their mouths.
ED said:
reminds me of when the man who discovered how to do blood transfusions bled to death outside a hospital who refused to treat him on "moral and religious" grounds. so according to the views of these pharmists if a hospital worker objects to transfusions they don't have to give them, if they have the views of a former Colorado governor they can refuse to treat elderly people as they are just a drain on society and according to my religious beliefs these pharmists are actually sexual deviants(no man has been refused E. D. drugs) and such people are dangerous to the women in my family they should be required to make this information publicily known for their protection. not to mention the steps I can take to stop these deviants, right, nothing is more dangerous or offensive then hate mongers see taliban
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Elaine Torrey said:
Until pharmacists begin checking sexual offender listings prior to doling out medication for erectile dysfunction, they are not moral, only prejudiced against women.
JeffB said:
For the self-righteous screechers telling the Stormans what they must sell, YOU CAN GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!
No one is forcing any of us to Storman's pharmacy. There are plenty of other pharmacies in Olympia.
This is a private family business. They should not be forced to sell products that they choose not to sell. The ones wearing the fascist jackboots in this case are in the state government.
.
Anna of Spokane said:
Traditionally stores (all varietys) have a choice as to what they sell. Whats next-forceing John Q. public to keep a bottle of asprin on hand at all times (regardless of there owne personal allergies?) incase someone has a heart attack
to save a life?
Shell said:
It's MY RIGHT to go to any pharmasist I want to- so for those of you who want the plan b pill- go to a parmasist that sell it- The government shouldn't force a pharmasist to sell the plan b pill- I liked the comment about self control- and Pharmasist should post a sign that states they have the right to refuse service to anyone.
molly said:
how about pharmacies have to advertise and post in their window their policy. such as:
we will not fill birth control (or type they will)
we will not fill B or simulars
we will not fill e d drugs
we will not fill any prescription if we do not like your Doctor or clinic.(they have done this)
or hours when they will.
propose that and listen to them scream like wounded banchees as that would of course spoil all the fun. any one like to bet on that.
Elaine Duffey said:
As a privately owned business, Ralphs should be able to choose what they want to sell and not be required to sell what is demanded. Those who wish to buy plan B should go elsewhere. If you are at Walmart or K-mart and they didn't happen to carry a certain kind of pen, is it fair for the consumer to be able to demand that they sell it, and the owner be forced to provide it? What about free enterprise?
No they should not! Let those who want to buy it, go to a store that doesn't care.
There are lots of other places to get it.
This debate is not as complex as it sounds. Nevermind the fact that I'm pro-life. Think business and free market v. intrusive regulation. Are drug stores required to sell condoms? Are tire stores required to sell snow chains? No. These are business decisions, which will be made to the benefit or the detriment of the owners. Nevertheless, it's their decision. Pharmacies are no different. Most of them are privately owned, and have to compete just like every other market. Not all pharmacy owners are anti-Plan B. If you feel you must acquire it, find a pharmacy that carries it. If you owned a coffee shop, you wouldn't want big brother mandating that you carry soy milk. Different products, same root issue. And it's not a matter of freedom. The business owner's right to not carry trumps your right to buy. Remember those signs that read "We reserve the right to refuse service..."?
No, they shouldn't be. It's their right and freedom not to sell it. I am christian, and I believe, those who refuse are making the right decision. Make people who wants it to look for it in the different places. I also agree with coments above.
The pharmacies and pharmacists who refuse to prescribe Plan B should be commended for thier stand. Just because something is legal, doesn't make it right. This has boiled down to an individual moral issue which should not be legislated.
Can Pharmacies who refuse to sell emgergency contraceptives be held liable for wrongful pregnancies?
Freedom to say, or not say, do or not do, sell or not sell, must be left to the the individual. Otherwise, we may as well hang it up as the government will take complete control of our lives .
RALPH'S HAS CHOICE TOO!
It is not ANYBODY's right to force dispensing of a morally objectionable item. Many years ago it was publicly stated "We don't need birth control, we just need self control". They could never have imagined the ways we have to avoid self control and sacred responsibility. Why, even the court wants to make sure you can have Plan B.
I have read the above comments. Some say it better than I can. As with any other item that a store/pharmacy sells, the decision should be made by those who run the business. The rights of the employees are also very important. I know certain stores do not sell certain items, so I go to a store that does sell that item. By the way, that is why there are so many stores/pharmacies. If a person wants to buy a certain drug or other item, then they need to pick up DEX and find out who sells it. 'Agendas' seem to think that everyone has to go along with them. People and companies should NOT be required to sell / purchase or pay for items that go against their personal and/or professional Vision/Ethic/Mission Statement. If people want to do things or buy things - let them go to places and people with that same vision/ethic/mission statement. We are supposed to have the same rights - Freedom of Choice. When I infringe on the freedom of another and they infringe on my freedom - that is when freedom has been lost, for both sides. Ralphs and every other pharmacy has the right and freedom to choose what they will and will not sell.
It is a very sad day when the government tells us what we have to sell. Reciently a Safeway store closed in downtown Olympia. This is just another way the area is chasing businesses out of town. I support Kevin and his choice and shop at his store more than ever. The people that are boycotting the store need to get a life.
A business is not a person. It doesn't have Constitutional Rights. Plan B should be sold in every pharmacy to those that request it. If we let this by, whata other items will they try not to carry for the public?
No one who does not have a medical degree gets to deside what medications are nessicary for my health. What perscriptions I take are between me and my doctor, and no one without as least as much education and training as my doctor gets to dissagree with their perscritions. No One. Pharmasists are genroraly well educated, and have to go though training, but that training is NOT the equivlent of a medical degree! Pharmasists are there to aid my informed desissions of what medications I put into my body, not to determine which to give me.
My doctor desides what perscritions to give me, I deside what medications to take, pharmasists despence those medications. The pharamasist does not have the right to say "I don't like this medication, so no." It's not his helth at risk, it's mine, he does not have the right to put my health at risk because he dosn't like my doctors orders.
Plan B is not like a condom, or a latte. You're talking about an 'item' in this case whose efficiency is directly related to the amount of time it takes to acquire it. (It is most effective within the first 48 hours). For rape victims hoping to prevent pregnancy by a rapist, every moment counts. If pharmacists are so offended by this product, no one is going to force them to take it for themselves, but I'm tired of all this 'moralizing' by the neo-conservative religious minority in this country. Plan B is not an issue of 'right to refuse service' it's a medical necessity for crisis situations. Shame on Ralph's.
What this shows is how ignorant the Ralph's pharmacists are!!! Do they sell birth control pills??? If they do they should sell Plan B as the pill works the same way!!! Plan B is pregnancy prevention. If you are pregnant, Plan B does not work!!! The high dose of progestin can delay ovulation and it makes the woman's mucous thick so the sperm can't reach the egg. By not selling Plan B they are saying once that sperm is "deposited" that it is sacred and needs to be protected... These pharmacist need to go back to school and need to be replaced with pharmacist that have a brain... Plan B PREVENTS abortion!!!!
Should a supermarket be forced to sell vegetables? Yes!! I went to a place called 'Murry's' in Washington, DC. I looked around for awhile and then finally asked if they had lettuce for sale... The cashier responded with: "What it is?"... What it is? What does that mean? So, to answer this question... YES OF COURSE THEY SHOULD BE FORCED TO SELL PLAN B CONTRACEPTIVE. If not, society will collapse upon itself. Retard at Murry's didn't know what the hell lettuce was!!!! Some day that same cashier will be pregnant, and they wont know what lettuce is.
And to those who consider themselves 'christians' it should CERTAINLY NOT BE YOUR DECISION. Religion hinders the progression of society. So, they need to shut their mouths.
reminds me of when the man who discovered how to do blood transfusions bled to death outside a hospital who refused to treat him on "moral and religious" grounds. so according to the views of these pharmists if a hospital worker objects to transfusions they don't have to give them, if they have the views of a former Colorado governor they can refuse to treat elderly people as they are just a drain on society and according to my religious beliefs these pharmists are actually sexual deviants(no man has been refused E. D. drugs) and such people are dangerous to the women in my family they should be required to make this information publicily known for their protection. not to mention the steps I can take to stop these deviants, right, nothing is more dangerous or offensive then hate mongers see taliban
E D
Until pharmacists begin checking sexual offender listings prior to doling out medication for erectile dysfunction, they are not moral, only prejudiced against women.
For the self-righteous screechers telling the Stormans what they must sell, YOU CAN GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!
No one is forcing any of us to Storman's pharmacy. There are plenty of other pharmacies in Olympia.
This is a private family business. They should not be forced to sell products that they choose not to sell. The ones wearing the fascist jackboots in this case are in the state government.
.
Traditionally stores (all varietys) have a choice as to what they sell. Whats next-forceing John Q. public to keep a bottle of asprin on hand at all times (regardless of there owne personal allergies?) incase someone has a heart attack
to save a life?
It's MY RIGHT to go to any pharmasist I want to- so for those of you who want the plan b pill- go to a parmasist that sell it- The government shouldn't force a pharmasist to sell the plan b pill- I liked the comment about self control- and Pharmasist should post a sign that states they have the right to refuse service to anyone.
how about pharmacies have to advertise and post in their window their policy. such as:
we will not fill birth control (or type they will)
we will not fill B or simulars
we will not fill e d drugs
we will not fill any prescription if we do not like your Doctor or clinic.(they have done this)
or hours when they will.
propose that and listen to them scream like wounded banchees as that would of course spoil all the fun. any one like to bet on that.
As a privately owned business, Ralphs should be able to choose what they want to sell and not be required to sell what is demanded. Those who wish to buy plan B should go elsewhere. If you are at Walmart or K-mart and they didn't happen to carry a certain kind of pen, is it fair for the consumer to be able to demand that they sell it, and the owner be forced to provide it? What about free enterprise?