Okay, this pisses me off.......
Jul. 7th, 2004 01:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patgundInteresting (and personally infuriating) article about women discovering that their OB/GYN or Phamacist have decided that they will no longer prescribe birth control pills (or any other hormonal method), or fill perscriptions for such.
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"In April, Julee Lacey, 33, a Fort Worth, TX, mother of two, went to her local CVS drugstore for a last-minute Pill refill. She had been getting her prescription filled there for a year, so she was astonished when the pharmacist told her, "I personally don't believe in birth control and therefore I'm not going to fill your prescription." Lacey, an elementary school teacher, was shocked. "The pharmacist had no idea why I was even taking the Pill. I might have needed it for a medical condition."
Melissa Kelley, 35, was just as stunned when her gynecologist told her she would not renew her prescription for birth control pills last fall.
"She told me she couldn't in good faith prescribe the Pill anymore," says Kelley, who lives with her husband and son in Allentown, PA. Then the gynecologist told Kelley she wouldn't be able to get a new prescription from her family doctor, either. "She said my primary care physician was the one who helped her make the decision."
Lacey's pharmacist and Kelley's doctors are among hundreds, perhaps thousands, of physicians and pharmacists who now adhere to a controversial belief that birth control pills and other forms of hormonal contraception--including the skin patch, the vaginal ring, and progesterone injections--cause tens of thousands of "silent" abortions every year. Consequently, they are refusing to prescribe or dispense them."
Considering that the pill is also used for non-contraceptive means as well, I find this belief beyond contenpt. Doctors, phamacists, nurses, *any* health care professional should not try to force their moral views on the patient. If they aren't willing to prescribe certain medications, they need to let all their patients know up front before an examination ever takes place, and inform any HMO's or Health Care plans they may be listed in. And, even better, post a sign stating such in the waiting room, with referrals to allow patients to go elsewhere. As for the pharmacist, it's not their business what the medication is for. If they are not willing to fill the perscription, they need to either pass it on to another pharmcist that will fill it at that pharmacy, or find another line of work.
Dammed asshats.......
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"In April, Julee Lacey, 33, a Fort Worth, TX, mother of two, went to her local CVS drugstore for a last-minute Pill refill. She had been getting her prescription filled there for a year, so she was astonished when the pharmacist told her, "I personally don't believe in birth control and therefore I'm not going to fill your prescription." Lacey, an elementary school teacher, was shocked. "The pharmacist had no idea why I was even taking the Pill. I might have needed it for a medical condition."
Melissa Kelley, 35, was just as stunned when her gynecologist told her she would not renew her prescription for birth control pills last fall.
"She told me she couldn't in good faith prescribe the Pill anymore," says Kelley, who lives with her husband and son in Allentown, PA. Then the gynecologist told Kelley she wouldn't be able to get a new prescription from her family doctor, either. "She said my primary care physician was the one who helped her make the decision."
Lacey's pharmacist and Kelley's doctors are among hundreds, perhaps thousands, of physicians and pharmacists who now adhere to a controversial belief that birth control pills and other forms of hormonal contraception--including the skin patch, the vaginal ring, and progesterone injections--cause tens of thousands of "silent" abortions every year. Consequently, they are refusing to prescribe or dispense them."
Considering that the pill is also used for non-contraceptive means as well, I find this belief beyond contenpt. Doctors, phamacists, nurses, *any* health care professional should not try to force their moral views on the patient. If they aren't willing to prescribe certain medications, they need to let all their patients know up front before an examination ever takes place, and inform any HMO's or Health Care plans they may be listed in. And, even better, post a sign stating such in the waiting room, with referrals to allow patients to go elsewhere. As for the pharmacist, it's not their business what the medication is for. If they are not willing to fill the perscription, they need to either pass it on to another pharmcist that will fill it at that pharmacy, or find another line of work.
Dammed asshats.......
