The Conscience Clause: Just Say No To Medical Professionals

[Tiassa]

The New Face of the Conscience Clause: Just Say No to Medical Professionals

Sharon Strauss explains the situation, via the Idaho Press-Tribune:

Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest has filed a letter of complaint with the Idaho Board of Pharmacy regarding the actions of a Nampa pharmacist.

Idaho Board of Pharmacy Executive Director Mark Johnston confirmed that the board received the complaint alleging that on Nov. 6 a Walgreens pharmacist refused to fill a prescription ordered by one of Planned Parenthood's Boise-based nurse practitioners. The prescription was for a Planned Parenthood patient for Methergine, a medicine used to prevent or control bleeding of the uterus following childbirth or an abortion.

An inquiry to Walgreens' Corporate office seeking comment was not immediately addressed.

Planned Parenthood officials said the complaint states that the pharmacist inquired if the patient needed the drug for post-abortion care. The nurse refused to answer the question based on confidentiality of health information.

According to Planned Parenthood, the pharmacist then stated that if the nurse practitioner did not disclose that information, she would not fill the prescription. The nurse alleged that the pharmacist hung up when asked for a referral to another pharmacy that would fill the prescription.​

Idaho passed a conscience clause last year. And this is what the conscience clause is really for: The doctor decides what the patient needs, the pharmacist decides what the patient deserves, regardless of why it's needed.

No wonder they call it "pro-life".
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Notes:

Strauss, Sharon. "Planned Parenthood files complaint against Nampa pharmacist". Idaho Press-Tribune. January 12, 2011. IdahoPress.com. January 14, 2010. http://www.idahopress.com/news/article_528847ac-1e9f-11e0-8247-001cc4c03286.html

 

[spidergoat]

At that point, isn't the abortion already done? If you don't want to distribute legal drugs, don't be a pharmacist.

 

[pjdude1219]

No a pharmacist shouldn't just refuse to fill a prescription because it disagree with their beliefs. that is pushing their beliefs on others. an too the people like Lori on this site that claim no its the other way around the patiant is forcing their beliefs on the pharacist you need to go wank off. you want to decide what meds people go be a doctor MD.



but on the other hand you go to a multitude of doctors and a person may not remember all their medicines your pharmacist can catch potential harmful drug interacts and have a duty to refuse to fill those scrips so a drug that doesn't react as badly can be prescribed.