No apology from pharmacist disciplined for refusing contraception

[Thom Little]

Illinois pharmacist Rich Quayle makes no apologies for refusing to violate his religious beliefs and dispense emergency contraception.

It's a stand that cost him his $100,000-a-year job at a Walgreen Co. pharmacy in Madison County when he refused to sign a pledge for his employer promising to dispense the medicine in accordance with a new state rule.

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"People try to paint us as being religious zealots," Quayle, 54, said from his home in Highland, Ill. "I have firm religious beliefs, and I choose not to destroy a human being. I don't think that's necessarily a bad moral stance to take."

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The American Center for Law and Justice, a public-interest group founded by evangelist Pat Robertson, has taken up the case of the three who were suspended. In a recent filing with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in St. Louis, the Washington D.C.-based group accused Walgreen of religious discrimination by "effectively firing" the pharmacists.

The ACLJ has said a state or federal lawsuit is likely if Walgreen doesn't reinstate the pharmacists. Several lawsuits have been filed on behalf of pharmacists and pharmacy owners who oppose the rule.


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[greenisin]

1. I'd wonder if he'd rather see...

women have abortions instead? Is that his real goal?

[AndyTiedye]

2. He Wants to Force Parenthood On Them

[roguevalley]

3. patriarchical dimwit. fuck him. He should get pregnant and be alone.

[Skittles]

4. sanctimonious piece of SHIT

go find another line of work, asshole

[WildClarySage]

5. And the woman who uses birth control pills to

prevent life-threatening complications or conditions... her life is not worth protecting assuming-it's your right to inquire into her medical history to consider why she might be prescribed birth control pills in the first place?

Go fuck yourself, Mr. Quayle. Women deserve protection from judgemental pharmacists who threaten their lives to preserve their own sanctimoniousness.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

6. What does this mean?

"I have firm religious beliefs, and I choose not to destroy a human being. I don't think that's necessarily a bad moral stance to take."

Sooo Viagra doesn't kill sperm? I bet he didn't have a problem with these.

[KitchenWitch]

7. He knew, going into Pharmacy School that he would be dispensing

Contraceptives. It is part of his JOB. If he does not wish to dispense contraceptives, he needs to get a job in pharmaceutical research, pharmaceutical benefits management, or pharmaceutical sales rep, and let other pharmacists dispense to patients.

[Triana]

8. He's a control freak and he needs to find another line of work (n/t)

[zbdent]

9. One of their arguments to use against him -

"If you don't like the terms of the job, then you can work elsewhere . . ."