Quote:"Our practice is based upon our overwhelming concern for patient safety and care, balanced with the need to accommodate the religious beliefs of our employees."
Read: Religious beliefs of our employees are more important than someone getting an infection and dying.
Quote:"If no other pharmacist is available, the pharmacist must consult with the patient to arrange for the transfer of the prescription to another pharmacy that is convenient to them," Fecher said.
Except the pharmacist refusing the medication was also refusing to transfer the prescription.
Quote:“All women should be able to go to a Meijer pharmacy to obtain the medicine they need without fear of discrimination,” said Kovach. “She was refused this medication simply because she is a woman ... clearly (she) was a victim of sex discrimination. Had the customer been a man prescribed the same medication, that is also commonly used to treat ulcers, we have no doubt the pharmacist would have filled it.”
Clearly this is true because the pharmacist told the patient that he was refusing the medication because he believed she would use it to end a pregnancy.
Quote:"I just don’t want anyone to be denied their medication for religious beliefs," said Peterson. "Pharmacists should fulfill their duties to provide medications and establish that clear policy moving forward."
Yes. Full stop.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.