# Pharmacist refuses to fill prescription for abortion pill on moral grounds **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 4, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515 "2004-02-04T17:52:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/121 "2004-02-07T07:21:37Z")
> [@jarbabyj](#): > > jarbabyj say: he who wish rape on anyone in this world is an ignorant, sadistic motherfucker. Here’s a puppet show for you: “Hi, I’m Hank Hyperbole” “And I’m Sammy Sarcasm” “Gee, Sammy - when people see us, should they freak out and drop a load in their pants?” “Heck no, Hank - not unless they’re a fucking moron.” “You’re right, Sammy - now let’s all sing a song.” When we use hy-per-bo-le It’s not supposed to be taken literally I wouldn’t _really_ rape a pharmacist It’s just a joke, so don’t get pissed So if you thought I was serious Get a fucking life, 'cuz you’re a :wally ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/122 "2004-02-07T08:55:29Z")
**blowero** , that is easily among the greatest posts I’ve seen in my time on this board. I’d shake your hand if this wasn’t the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/123 "2004-02-07T12:25:26Z")
> [@katerina2](#): > > Well no, not exactly, I don’t think. > > The pharmacist has final call on drug interaction stuff. Iirc they are responsible for informing you of drug interaction and denying you access to a drug that would conflict with something else you are taking. Doctors may not know all your meds…especially if you forgot to tell them. > > No cites on this except for something I saw on tv a year ago on doctors prescribing drugs that would kill you if interacting with your other meds. > > Also, though not precisely applicable in the OP, there is the analogy of a bar being liable for serving a drunk person. > > I am a little disturbed by a commercial running in my area by one of the chain drugstores (Eckherd or Rite-Aid). Saying “I’m your pharmacist. We decide what you can take, and what you can’t.” Nope. I’ve had a pharmacist refuse a prescription because it interfered with one of my other meds, but then the pharmacist was overruled by my doctor. The doctor knew of the interaction, but she and I decided that I needed that drug (to help save my arm, it was an antibiotic) and that I would just have to live with the interaction for a couple of weeks. So…I turned in the prescription, pharmacist refuses to fill it, I call the doc, we discuss the interaction, and I tell the pharmacist that I was willing to live with the interaction. The pharmacist did his duty in informing me of the interaction, and I am glad that he did, but he also accepted the fact that my doctor and I had decided that I NEEDED this drug, interaction or no. And it wasn’t simply a case of stopping the other drug…the other drug is Paxil, and stopping an antidepressant like that all at once is not a good idea. The withdrawal symptoms are hell. I DID cut my dose quite a bit, but I was closely supervised while doing it. Incidentally, I live fairly close to where this all happened. And I’ve had my problems with Eckerd’s pharmacists in the past, mostly having to do with them giving me the wrong medications, so I quit going there. This happened at three different locations. I think that perhaps the Eckerd’s in this area does not screen pharmacists as well as they should. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/124 "2004-02-07T12:44:43Z")
To sum up everything I’ve been able to find on this subject: The Morning After Pill is legal in the US. Some pharmacies carry it, and some don’t. The pharmacist presumably could have gotten a job at one of the pharmacies that don’t carry it, Wal_Mart for instance. I’m fairly sure that there’s at least one Wal_Mart in Denton, I go through that town a couple of times a year, and I’m almost positive that I’ve seen one. However, the pharmacist chose to take a job at a drugstore which DOES carry the MAP. Did he make his objections to dispensing the MAP known to his supervisors? We don’t know, but we do know [this](http://dallasobserver.com/issues/2004-01-29/buzz.html/1/index.html): > [@](#): > > Joan Gallagher, vice president of corporate communications for Eckerd, confirmed that the company was reviewing the situation, but could not discuss specifics. “Our pharmacists are obligated to comply with our policies and procedures,” she said. “We do not support the pharmacists’ refusal to fill a prescription based on any religious, political or moral convictions, and any pharmacists who would refuse to comply with that policy would be subject to disciplinary action.” The pharmacist said that there were “three of us here, and we all agree on the issue.” (ibid) Apparently, it took the three of them about 15 minutes or so to come to this decision. This isn’t long to wait for an ordinary prescription, but the rape victim’s support person (a male friend) had made it known to the pharmacy staff that it was for a rape victim. Instead of filling the prescription, the pharmacist called a meeting and then started yelling at the support person. Whether the pharmacist was acting morally or not, he certainly was not acting professionally, and neither were the other two who were with him. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/125 "2004-02-07T13:36:55Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > (and there is no fucking “embryonic development” before implantation. there isn’t even an embryo). . I’ll offer another cite.to support the idea of development .from [here](http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1980/5/80.05.03.x.html#b) > [@](#): > > The Germinal Stage. During this stage which begins with fertilization and ends when the ovum is embedded in the endometrium, the fertilized egg is referred to as a zygote. The duration of this stage is two weeks. The one cell zygote (the pronucleus of the egg has united with the pronucleus of the sperm to form one cell) at the end of the first has become a cluster of approximately 100 cells. Even at this early point the different cells are preparing to perform their individual tasks (differentiation). And [another](http://anatomy.med.unsw.edu.au/cbl/embryo/MolDev/EarlyDev.htm) > [@](#): > > **Human Embryonic Growth** > The following points are broad observations only. > > The human embryonic period finishes at the 10th week (Carnagie stage 23). > > week 1 Fertilization, morula, blastocyst **development** and transport in uterine tube. > > week 2 Implantation of blastocyst, trophoblasts produce human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG). Well let’s see. By my count I’ve offered up three different cites to support the notion that there is embryonic development of the organism in the first week after fertilization. You’ve offered the word “fucking” several times to bolster your argument. I eagerly await proof from you that there is **no** embryonic development in the first week after fertilization. Or…you know, a retraction. I suspect you’ll offer neither. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/126 "2004-02-07T14:00:36Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > If he worked for me, he’d be fired. He can open his own fucking pharmacy and sell whatever he chooses. > > This is America and he is free to make his protests. Protesting comes with a potential cost though and this should cost him his job. > > Haj I’ve actually been to Denton, and I can say there is more than one pharmacy. As most know (this isn’t a personal relply to haj) I’m pro-life. But I accept it’s a legal drug. However, we also live in the US, not the Soviet Union. Pharmacies are still private businesses and are allowed to conduct business as such. Does a pharmacy turn away profit based on a moral stance? Yes. Based on American law, is said pharmacy allowed to turn away business based on a moral stance? Yes. So long as there is another outlet within reasonable distance. The reason is that the one druggist isn’t the only one available in the 50 mile radius. or 40, 0r 30, you get the point. There may be exceptions, but I’ve been to Denton and know that there is a pharmacy within 300 yards of any other. This is the same as one drug store carrying a pseudoephedrine product, and complaining the one across the street doesn’t ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/127 "2004-02-07T14:06:44Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > However, we also live in the US, not the Soviet Union. Pharmacies are still private businesses and are allowed to conduct business as such. Does a pharmacy turn away profit based on a moral stance? Yes. Based on American law, is said pharmacy allowed to turn away business based on a moral stance? Yes. As has been pointed out already (see **Lynn’s** post, for example), Eckerd’s has chosen to carry this drug and its pharmacists violated company policy by refusing to dispense it. So your comment is pretty much irrelevant to the incident under discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/128 "2004-02-07T14:09:59Z")
> [@beagledave](#): > > I’ll offer another cite.to support the idea of development .from [here](http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1980/5/80.05.03.x.html#b) > > And [another](http://anatomy.med.unsw.edu.au/cbl/embryo/MolDev/EarlyDev.htm) > > Well let’s see. By my count I’ve offered up three different cites to support the notion that there is embryonic development of the organism in the first week after fertilization. > > You’ve offered the word “fucking” several times to bolster your argument. > > I eagerly await proof from you that there is **no** embryonic development in the first week after fertilization. > > Or…you know, a retraction. > > I suspect you’ll offer neither. A blastocyst is not an embryo. Your own cites vindicate me. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/129 "2004-02-07T14:13:20Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > . That woman should have climbed over the counter and stomped his fucking controlling, self-righteous, _ignorant_ ass, and then he should have been fired on the spot (and those other two bitches right along with him). The owner of the pharmacy has no obligation to continue to employ a prick who won’t serve the customers appropriately and keep his ignorant-ass opinions to himself. Wow, you’re just making your case of peace among man. Can we keep in mind that DtC would be the first in line to sue a medical professional since they are all Bush pawns? Yes, forget who owns the store, the Pharmacist is the one that actually fills the script. But s/he should just go ahead and do whatever Diogenes says is right. I mean, to hell with what the liberals have set up to nail the health care professionals, the guy employing the pharmacist is the only one to pay the price, right? The guy who spent 12 years in school doesn’t know what DtC does. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/130 "2004-02-07T14:15:26Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > I’ve actually been to Denton, and I can say there is more than one pharmacy. As most know (this isn’t a personal relply to haj) I’m pro-life. But I accept it’s a legal drug. > > However, we also live in the US, not the Soviet Union. Pharmacies are still private businesses and are allowed to conduct business as such. Does a pharmacy turn away profit based on a moral stance? Yes. Based on American law, is said pharmacy allowed to turn away business based on a moral stance? Yes. So long as there is another outlet within reasonable distance. The reason is that the one druggist isn’t the only one available in the 50 mile radius. or 40, 0r 30, you get the point. > > There may be exceptions, but I’ve been to Denton and know that there is a pharmacy within 300 yards of any other. > > This is the same as one drug store carrying a pseudoephedrine product, and complaining the one across the street doesn’t The pharamacy did not turn away business, an employee acted _counter_ to the policy of the pharmacy. You agree that a business has the right to fire employees who won’t do their job, don’t you? And the “moral” stance is fucking ignorant bullshit. The MAP is a _contraceptive_, not a fucking abortion pill. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/131 "2004-02-07T14:25:42Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Wow, you’re just making your case of peace among man. Can we keep in mind that DtC would be the first in line to sue a medical professional since they are all Bush pawns? > > Yes, forget who owns the store, the Pharmacist is the one that actually fills the script. But s/he should just go ahead and do whatever Diogenes says is right. > I mean, to hell with what the liberals have set up to nail the health care professionals, the guy employing the pharmacist is the only one to pay the price, right? The guy who spent 12 years in school doesn’t know what DtC does. Pharamcists do not spend 12 years in school, you fucking moron. They’re not doctors and they’re not “health care professionals.” They work for the store. They are paid by the store to put pills in bottles and that’s _all_ they’re fucking paid for. Any concerns about a given drug are supposed to addressed to the prescribing physician and any decisions will be made by the physician and the patient. The pharmacist has zero say and zero right to impede the civil rights of the customer. The pharmacy in question has made the decision to make emergency contraception available to the public and any employees need to abide by that policy or work somewhere else. It’s simple…and so are you. I have no idea what your comment about me suing health care professionals is supposed to mean or what it has to do with this topic. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/132 "2004-02-07T14:26:54Z")
I think we’re all kinda getting lost in the whole pro-abortion/anti-abortion smokescreen. The whole point of this is that a pharmacist and his staff refused to dispense a legally prescribed drug to a woman on the basis of their personal morals, against the direct policy of their mutual employer, and apparently, state law. These people do not own the pharmacy; they are employees of a large, nationwide chain. They do not have the option (nor the luxury) of allowing their personal morals or ethics to determine which prescriptions to fill or not to fill. Their job, as their employer sees it, is to fill every prescription that is given to them, barring **medical** issues. Moral issues do not equal medical issues. Robin ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/133 "2004-02-07T14:39:40Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > A blastocyst is not an embryo. Your own cites vindicate me. [Huh](http://www.ivf-infertility.com/ivf/blastocysts.php) [Really?](http://www.advancedfertility.com/blastocystimages.htm) [You don’t say?](http://www.fertilitycenter.com/Services/blastocyst.htm) [Amazing, even!](http://www.sdfertility.com/blastocyst.htm) Care to try again, sparky? That period of development is referred to as “embryonic growth”… I’ll make the request again. Can you offer any cite to support your assertion that there is NO embryonic development prior to implantation? Really. You can do it. I’ll be waiting. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/134 "2004-02-07T14:40:15Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Pharamcists do not spend 12 years in school, you fucking moron. . Adding up the 4 years for undergrad, plus med school, plus specialized training, it’s pretty close to 12 years. But I see the level of discourse you want to stay at, so I’ll just fucking try the fuck not to fucking debate any fucking point with you any fucking longer. You fucking smart fuck. I’ll go fuck myself now, and try not to fuck myself up while doing so. Why the fuck do I even try? Geuss I’mm just fucked-up. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/135 "2004-02-07T14:41:26Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > The pharamacy did not turn away business, an employee acted _counter_ to the policy of the pharmacy. You agree that a business has the right to fire employees who won’t do their job, don’t you? Yes. I also think that businesses have the right to make accomodations for their employees’ moral beliefs if they so desire, and that the decision to make such accomodations is a business decision that will be dicatated by the value of the employee versus the loss of business caused by making the accomodation. It isn’t a binary choice. A sufficiently-valuable employee can certainly negotiate a carveout for himself from general store policy. If the employer agrees, I don’t see how it’s any of our damn business. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/136 "2004-02-07T14:44:28Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Adding up the 4 years for undergrad, plus med school, plus specialized training, it’s pretty close to 12 years. But I see the level of discourse you want to stay at, so I’ll just fucking try the fuck not to fucking debate any fucking point with you any fucking longer. You fucking smart fuck. I’ll go fuck myself now, and try not to fuck myself up while doing so. Why the fuck do I even try? Geuss I’mm just fucked-up. Duffer, what the hell are you talking about? Even a doctor of pharmacy does not go to medical school. It’s seven years of college, period. I’ll take you seriously when you start showing some sign of knowing what the fuck you’re talking about. Robin, daughter of a Doctor of Pharmacy (University of Southern California, '67) ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/137 "2004-02-07T14:54:01Z")
> [@Dewey Cheatem Undhow](#): > > Yes. I also think that businesses have the right to make accomodations for their employees’ moral beliefs if they so desire, and that the decision to make such accomodations is a business decision that will be dicatated by the value of the employee versus the loss of business caused by making the accomodation. > > It isn’t a binary choice. A sufficiently-valuable employee can certainly negotiate a carveout for himself from general store policy. If the employer agrees, I don’t see how it’s any of our damn business. Did you not see this from **Lynn’s** post? The business in question had made no such accomodation for the employees: > [@](#): > > Joan Gallagher, vice president of corporate communications for Eckerd, confirmed that the company was reviewing the situation, but could not discuss specifics. “Our pharmacists are obligated to comply with our policies and procedures,” she said. “We do not support the pharmacists’ refusal to fill a prescription based on any religious, political or moral convictions, and any pharmacists who would refuse to comply with that policy would be subject to disciplinary action.” Even if a pharmacy were to make that accomodation, I think it would still be obligated to inform the customers up front that anything they wish to purchase may be denied based on the personal whim of any individual employee. It would also be nice if they had an alternate person behind the counter to compensate for stonewalling, moralistic morons who won’t sell emergency contraceptives to rape victims. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/138 "2004-02-07T15:00:54Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Adding up the 4 years for undergrad, plus med school, plus specialized training, it’s pretty close to 12 years. But I see the level of discourse you want to stay at, so I’ll just fucking try the fuck not to fucking debate any fucking point with you any fucking longer. You fucking smart fuck. I’ll go fuck myself now, and try not to fuck myself up while doing so. Why the fuck do I even try? Geuss I’mm just fucked-up. Hey, stupid, all you need to be a licensed pharmacist is a four year BS in Pharmacy and to pass the licensure test. Like **MsRobyn** said, even a _doctorate_ in Pharmacy requires only an additional three year graduate degree. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/139 "2004-02-07T15:07:49Z")
MsRobyn From what I recall, Pharmacists have to fulfill full medical doctor training. Might be the same as 1967, but I admit I forgot to go to medical school. I understand your dad went through in 1967, but can you correct me on anyone going through within the last 35 years? My mom earned her RN status in 1969, my dad his MD in 1971, but I’d never compare those to today’s arguments. FWIW, both are dead, so I can’t ask them the latest facts. I don’t purport to be an expert, but facts are usually only brought about on these boards by wild challenges ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515/140 "2004-02-07T15:09:40Z")
Never mind MsRobyn, I’m stupid. Any answer will go over my head. I’ll take DtC at face value from now on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacist-refuses-to-fill-prescription-for-abortion-pill-on-moral-grounds/227515.md?page=8)