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I don't think they should be...

You shouldn't be able to pick-and-choose what part of your job you agree with...Would an evangelical firefighter not pour water on a burning brothel?...

The ONLY thing I could think of is a "grandfather law" whereas pharmacists who were in that career before the pills were available could opt out because they're career path was thwarted due to newer laws...

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They should absolutely not be allowed to diagnose and make prescription alterations.

They are not doctors.

Should they also be allowed to not give drugs for those who have std's - or AIDS - or diseases caused by smoking - or anything else that might be caused by something the pharmacist morally objects to.

His job is to hand out pills - NOT diagnose nor make prescription decisions.

And grandfathering doesn't count either. Should the aforementioned fireman be allowed to not pour water on that brothel because when he started being a fireman that building was a grocery store?

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"Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers." - John Jay, First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, February 28, 1797

I understand your position.

I wholeheartedly disagree 100% with it.

If he doesn't want to fill the prescriptions from doctors, he needs to go into a different field.

Not to mention, in many many many small towns in the U.S., there IS only one pharmacy in a town. Not that should matter.

I feel the same way about anybody who doesn't want to do their job. Don't do it. Find a career that won't be a daily moral conundrum for you.

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Some pharmacists do object to dispensing the abortion pill. And some stores don't stock it because of that.
In my opinion, the owner of a business has the right to set ethical guidelines based on his personal belief system.
I don't know if it's changed, but through the 80's Walgreens never sold pornographic magazines. That is because the elderly ladies who inherited most of the company from the founders think those kinds of materials degrade public morals.
What if we forced Walgreens to sell Hustler and Playboy?
After all some people like to read that stuff and what about freedom of speech? Can you see my tongue in cheek attitude here?
Pharmacists have the right not to dispense abortion pills on the grounds it conflicts with their personal morals.
Should a doctor who believes abortion is murder be forced to perform one that is not therapeutic? No.

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If a pharmacist wants to pick and choose which prescriptions to fill perhaps they should pick a different line of work. If there are moral reservations then the pharmacist should choose a job with little moral reservations such as ministry.

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saltwn - are you comparing reading material with medicines?!

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There's a thread here where Muslims don't want to wash their hands before surgery due to Religious objections.
That's along the same lines, although a distinguishing factor may be that you agree with the moral objectivity to the "day after" pill, but not empathize with the Muslims.

If a person can't do their job because of "moral" reasons, they shouldn't be doing that job in the first place.

Hope you don't mind if I steal and edit part of what you posted...

Pharmacy owners have the right not to carry abortion pills on the grounds it conflicts with their personal morals. Pharmacists have the right to work elsewhere if the morals of their employer do not match their standards.

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Ecclesiastes 10:2--"A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left."