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ORIGINAL: puella

Just as another aside...

As an 18 year old novice (stop laughing, yes I used to be a nun), and a rather butt ugly virgin of a nun as well, I was on birth control pills.  I was not having sex (no priest jokes, please).  I had such terrible periods that I was becoming anemic and my hemoglobin was so low that I had to be hospitalized.  The prescription for regulating my menses was .... birth control, and it worked wonderfully!  Even though they put me on the pill, I was not having sex!

So.. does the pharmacist get to probe into my sexual life to see if it is okay (non sexual in nature) for me to have a prescription for birth control pills?

See how this gets hairy and out of control?

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ORIGINAL: MissEnchanted


Gee, we can have 70% Mexican population in the US by 2030, isn't that great? More Welfare being sucked out of our overtaxed, dilapidated and bloated system, and they can have 'their' country back. But heh! They will be good Christians, making tons of babies, being loyal to their faith and making millions of Catholic babies to fill the church coffers. The church will rehire (in secret) lots of priests, so our children can be 'trained' in secret, and messed up for life.

Fifteen year old girls getting pregnant, unable to support themselves and never going to college. Then they get a crappy job, so their children do not get to learn music, art, and they don't have enough money or time to get their kids into sports, gymnastic lessons, or eat healthy food.

We'll be speaking Spanish, all the commercials and bill boards will be bilingual, so you won't be able to see the tiny print in Spanish that covers all those Viagra prescriptions that you can pick up 2 minutes away from your house.

But heh! You're being a good Christian, so that's all that counts, right?

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ORIGINAL: MissEnchanted

"If this emboldens other pharmacies in other parts of the state, it could really affect low-income and rural women in terms of access," said Tarina Keene, executive director of the Virginia chapter of the National Abortion Rights Action League.
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Fanatix!

Gee, we can have 70% Mexican population in the US by 2030, isn't that great? More Welfare being sucked out of our overtaxed, dilapidated and bloated system, and they can have 'their' country back. But heh! They will be good Christians, making tons of babies, being loyal to their faith and making millions of Catholic babies to fill the church coffers. The church will rehire (in secret) lots of priests, so our children can be 'trained' in secret, and messed up for life.

Fifteen year old girls getting pregnant, unable to support themselves and never going to college. Then they get a crappy job, so their children do not get to learn music, art, and they don't have enough money or time to get their kids into sports, gymnastic lessons, or eat healthy food.

We'll be speaking Spanish, all the commercials and bill boards will be bilingual, so you won't be able to see the tiny print in Spanish that covers all those Viagra prescriptions that you can pick up 2 minutes away from your house.

But heh! You're being a good Christian, so that's all that counts, right?

Suuure.........

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ORIGINAL: MissEnchanted

"If this emboldens other pharmacies in other parts of the state, it could really affect low-income and rural women in terms of access," said Tarina Keene, executive director of the Virginia chapter of the National Abortion Rights Action League.
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Fanatix!

Gee, we can have 70% Mexican population in the US by 2030, isn't that great? More Welfare being sucked out of our overtaxed, dilapidated and bloated system, and they can have 'their' country back. But heh! They will be good Christians, making tons of babies, being loyal to their faith and making millions of Catholic babies to fill the church coffers. The church will rehire (in secret) lots of priests, so our children can be 'trained' in secret, and messed up for life.

Fifteen year old girls getting pregnant, unable to support themselves and never going to college. Then they get a crappy job, so their children do not get to learn music, art, and they don't have enough money or time to get their kids into sports, gymnastic lessons, or eat healthy food.

We'll be speaking Spanish, all the commercials and bill boards will be bilingual, so you won't be able to see the tiny print in Spanish that covers all those Viagra prescriptions that you can pick up 2 minutes away from your house.

But heh! You're being a good Christian, so that's all that counts, right?

Suuure.........

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ORIGINAL: puella

This is just an aside to kittinSol and really has nothing to do with my OP... but did you see that article about McCain stopping the 'straight talk express' when a reporter asked him about what he would do about the many insurance companies that will cover Viagra and penis enhancing drugs but not birth control... heheh

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ORIGINAL: sirsholly

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ORIGINAL: celticlord2112

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What if someone is denied a drug that regulates chemical imbalances in the brain... what if something happens because of that? I used to work with a lot of people who absolutely needed to take their meds to keep them from harming themself or others (potentially.)

No one is being "denied" anything.  The pharmacist is refusing to sell a product.  He has that right.  The customer has the right to take whatever prescription elsewhere to get the prescribed medicine.

That is exactly as it should be.  There is no religious controversy, no question of medical ethics.

There is no problem of any kind here.

he has the right to shove his personal beliefs off on me?

ETA...what if a doctor (trained professional...like a pharmacist) refused to treat a homosexual patient because their personal belief went against homosexuality?

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

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ORIGINAL: puella

Just as another aside...

As an 18 year old novice (stop laughing, yes I used to be a nun), and a rather butt ugly virgin of a nun as well, I was on birth control pills.  I was not having sex (no priest jokes, please).  I had such terrible periods that I was becoming anemic and my hemoglobin was so low that I had to be hospitalized.  The prescription for regulating my menses was .... birth control, and it worked wonderfully!  Even though they put me on the pill, I was not having sex!

So.. does the pharmacist get to probe into my sexual life to see if it is okay (non sexual in nature) for me to have a prescription for birth control pills?

See how this gets hairy and out of control?

I agree with you, both myself and my eldest daughter have been on the "pill" for heavy painful, periods, myself with ovarian cysts and other stuff, Ive been sterile for nearly 18 years, but have been on the pill for eight years, hopeless as birth control, but they sure help with cysts and heavy periods. Altho they come with their own issues, but thats another story

Lucy

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ORIGINAL: puella

Hi igor..

There is a huge difference between selling tobacco and filling a prescription given to a patient by doctor, do you not think?

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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen

I think the idea was that strong Christian culture doesnt help out anyone but those controlling it, and in fact does harm to people and society, using the Catholic example of Mexico to illustrate that and also possibly explaining why so many are welcomed in - because it changes the balance between religion and secular influence in the country.

E

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ORIGINAL: puella

Well, you are certainly entitled to your opinion.  I just think there is a vast difference between choosing to sell condoms and choosing to countermand a doctors diagnosis and fill a legal prescription.  BTW... birth control pills, as has been stated in this thread before, are used for more than just keeping women from getting pregnant.