Monday, April 04, 2005

Govenrment to Pharamcist: "Keep your morals out of medicine"

There is a big commotion surrounding pharamcist dispensing prescriptions for drugs that they believe kill human life. Some pharmacists are deciding that it is immoral for them to distribute certain drugs. So, to keep from being a party of murder, they choose not to fill certain prescriptions. I have nothing wrong with this. Each person has to perform his job to his moral standard and it is not the government's place to force him to perform an action that he believes is immoral.

Now, a pharmacist's employer can demand that he fill a prescription. If he chooses not to, then I don't think there should be any law protecting his job. If the pharmacists doesn't like it he is free to get another job at a pharmacy that is owned and operated by someone who is like-minded and chooses to not fill the prescription. If he can't find any pharmacy's like that, then he is free to change careers.

In a free society individuals should have the right to follow thier morals without interference from the government. Of course, I think pharmacists who take the prescription from the patient, refuse to fill it, and then refuse to give the prescription back to the patient are wrong. The prescription belongs to the patient and the pharmacist is stealing. The patient has a right to go to another pharmacy and seek someone willing to fulfill his request.

In a free society, supply will meet demand without government interfernce.

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