A Target pharmacist refused to fill a script for an emergency contraceptive, which has launched an assault by Planned Parenthood and other similar organizations to determine Target's policy regarding BC and emergency contraceptive. (http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/fillmy ... g34v5miee7)
Should the pharmacist be fired? Can he legally be fired?
Pharmacist refuses to fill emergeny contraceptive script
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Re: Pharmacist refuses to fill emergeny contraceptive script
Post #2Yes, just like any other person who refuses to do their job.aprilannies wrote:A Target pharmacist refused to fill a script for an emergency contraceptive, which has launched an assault by Planned Parenthood and other similar organizations to determine Target's policy regarding BC and emergency contraceptive. (http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/fillmy ... g34v5miee7)
Should the pharmacist be fired?
In most states the threshold of proof for wrongful termination of employment is sufficiently high that it is essentially hire/fire at will so long as such actions are not blatantly discriminatory in an illegal manner (i.e. A typed memo telling lower management to "Fire all those good-for-nothing black people" would qualify).Can he legally be fired?
In this case it is simple:
The pharmacist isn't being fired for their beliefs, they are being fired for refusing to do their job. If their beliefs prevent them from doing their job then they need to find a new one.
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Re: Pharmacist refuses to fill emergeny contraceptive script
Post #3Should a vegetarian work in a butcher shop? Should a Jehovah's Witness work in a blood doner clinic? Should an Evangelical Christian work in a porno shop?
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Perfect analogy on birth control pills or RU-486.Should a vegetarian work in a butcher shop? Should a Jehovah's Witness work in a blood doner clinic? Should an Evangelical Christian work in a porno shop?
You cannot discriminate against an employee based on his/her religion. I believe that is the "current" law.
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Right, but you are allowed to not hire people unable to do their job. I mean, would a blind man suing to be a bus driver have any chance at all? A deaf person as a receptionist?You cannot discriminate against an employee based on his/her religion. I believe that is the "current" law.
I mean, lets take the Coors Brewery. Muslim truckers of certain faiths are not allowed to be associated with alcohol so strongly that they can't even drive a truck containing it (indeed, such a person in a trucking firm recently ran into this problem). If your religion prohibited you from doing your job, why would you go to such lengths to acquire such a job?
Take this to its extreme AlAyeti, what if some some extreme fringe group that believes all medicine is bad and against god purposely puts its followers in such a situation? Would you be happy to know that you can't get -any- prescription filled because its an affront to god?
Lets step back, what if the pharmacist refused to dispense half of the number of available prescriptions? Would you support them?
1/3, 1/4, 1/8? At what point can a person refuse to dispense and we can throw a switch and say that's okay for them to do?
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McCulloch wrote:Should a vegetarian work in a butcher shop? Should a Jehovah's Witness work in a blood doner clinic? Should an Evangelical Christian work in a porno shop?
Should a person seek a job that contradicts his or her own religious values?AlAyeti wrote:Perfect analogy on birth control pills or RU-486.
You cannot discriminate against an employee based on his/her religion. I believe that is the "current" law.
Should an employer be allowed to discriminate based on the employee's willingness to do the job?
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I'm assuming that this is about the pharmacist. Will it matter if the person applied for and got the job before pharmaceutical companies made this drug or started doing something which he thinks contradicts his values?Should a person seek a job that contradicts his or her own religious values?
How about doctors who refuse to do abortions? Is this related?
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Plan-B a.k.a morning after pill is not RU-486.
Plan-B is a double dose of standard birth control pills.
In the legal world, they have a mechanism for dealing with conflicts
of interest...they step aside and allow someone else who has no axe
to grind to do the deed. The same is true for the medical profession,
unless there is the threat of imminent death.
Plan-B is a double dose of standard birth control pills.
In the legal world, they have a mechanism for dealing with conflicts
of interest...they step aside and allow someone else who has no axe
to grind to do the deed. The same is true for the medical profession,
unless there is the threat of imminent death.
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McCulloch wrote:Should a person seek a job that contradicts his or her own religious values?
How long has birth control been available?keltzkroz wrote:I'm assuming that this is about the pharmacist. Will it matter if the person applied for and got the job before pharmaceutical companies made this drug or started doing something which he thinks contradicts his values?
Probably. A new thread in Right and Wrong Conflict between Job and Faith.keltzkroz wrote:How about doctors who refuse to do abortions? Is this related?
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No doubt about it, he agreed to do a job that he didnt do. Fire him.
He has every right to refuse, and Target has every right to fire him for it. When taking a stand on what you perceive as principles you cannot expect to avoid consequences for your actions.
As far as this matter with Target specifically, I will not be spending any money there until this is resolved.
He has every right to refuse, and Target has every right to fire him for it. When taking a stand on what you perceive as principles you cannot expect to avoid consequences for your actions.
As far as this matter with Target specifically, I will not be spending any money there until this is resolved.
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