Saturday, April 30, 2005

Pharmacist's Rights

The Revealer describes a hypothetical commercial in which a mother can't fill a prescription for birth control pills because the pharmacist has made a moral judgement not to fill it. The article asks:
What, if any, is the pharmacist’s transgression: hampering a woman’s freedom to control her reproductive decisions? Or violating the sanctity of marriage and family by interfering with private decisions? Which is more important?
My answer: None of the Above. The transgression, simply, is that the pharmacist didn't do what (s)he is paid to do: fill legal prescriptions. If you sometimes don't want to do your job, get another job where you don't have to make moral decisions. This is just another example of Don't Impose Your Morality On Me.

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