Another reason Ohio really sucks. We’re growing our own “it’s not your egg, it’s God’s” fundie idiots.
A couple go to their local Wally World (that was their second mistake) to get Plan B- available now without prescription. But Wally World Pharmacist-on-God’s-side just laughed and refused to give it to her. Why? Because “he believes “in preserving life, and I do not believe in ending life, and life begins at conception.” And this guy is educated? I mean, if you’re a pharmacist you have to have gone to college and learned something about medicine. Right? So this bonehead would know something about this medication. Right?[1]
Unfortunately, this kind of thing is getting more common. Pharmacists-on-God’s-side determining if women can have birth control if they aren’t married, if they are married, and probably after a long sermon at one of those mega-Focus-on-the-Family churches screaming how women are supposed to service their husbands and bear as many children as possible in the shortest amount of time possible. So, instead of this bastard finding another line of work, possibly at a Catholic hospital where no birth control is ever dispensed, he joins the Wally World hell team to decide what is best for the feminine customer.
I’d like to say that it’s just Wal-Mart- though Wal-Mart does say that they’ll carry the drugs, but they won’t discipline any pharmacist that refuses to dispense the drugs. But that’s wrong. Recently a pharmacist was fired from CVS for failing to fill a B.C. prescription. There are laws introduced around the country to either back up these Pharmacists-on-God’s-side or force them to do their damned jobs. Obviously, the proposed legislation in each state depends on how strong the Christian Right lobbying campaign is. It’s looking a lot like Ohio is leaning back toward the dark ages.
Governor Strickland, with whom I had high hopes when voting for him, says “[he] has no specific plans but “does not believe (pharmacists) should be engaging in that kind of behavior,” spokesman Keith Dailey said”. That’s right, he’s pandering to both fucking sides, the traitor. He’ll give the issue some lip service for the liberals that voted him in, but will back away because he’s afraid of the God’s soldiers who may have voted for him too.
I will be writing a letter to both him and my state congress people. I like to do that. I’ll tell them what assholes they are for not nipping this “I’m against contraceptives” shit from pharmacists in the bud. And I’m sure I’ll get back a letter saying they’ll take my views into consideration. I’m sure it’ll be the law soon that I’m to wear dresses down to my ankles and my hair tied in a bun. It’s only a matter of time before they go from digging their dirty slimy hands into my uterus to dictating what hangs in my closet.
[1] In case you don’t know, Plan B prevents conception and is not an abortion pill, as so many fundie idiots would have us believe.
Caring for Your Uterus…for You
Another reason Ohio really sucks. We’re growing our own “it’s not your egg, it’s God’s” fundie idiots.
A couple go to their local Wally World (that was their second mistake) to get Plan B- available now without prescription. But Wally World Pharmacist-on-God’s-side just laughed and refused to give it to her. Why? Because “he believes “in preserving life, and I do not believe in ending life, and life begins at conception.” And this guy is educated? I mean, if you’re a pharmacist you have to have gone to college and learned something about medicine. Right? So this bonehead would know something about this medication. Right?[1]
Unfortunately, this kind of thing is getting more common. Pharmacists-on-God’s-side determining if women can have birth control if they aren’t married, if they are married, and probably after a long sermon at one of those mega-Focus-on-the-Family churches screaming how women are supposed to service their husbands and bear as many children as possible in the shortest amount of time possible. So, instead of this bastard finding another line of work, possibly at a Catholic hospital where no birth control is ever dispensed, he joins the Wally World hell team to decide what is best for the feminine customer.
I’d like to say that it’s just Wal-Mart- though Wal-Mart does say that they’ll carry the drugs, but they won’t discipline any pharmacist that refuses to dispense the drugs. But that’s wrong. Recently a pharmacist was fired from CVS for failing to fill a B.C. prescription. There are laws introduced around the country to either back up these Pharmacists-on-God’s-side or force them to do their damned jobs. Obviously, the proposed legislation in each state depends on how strong the Christian Right lobbying campaign is. It’s looking a lot like Ohio is leaning back toward the dark ages.
Governor Strickland, with whom I had high hopes when voting for him, says “[he] has no specific plans but “does not believe (pharmacists) should be engaging in that kind of behavior,” spokesman Keith Dailey said”. That’s right, he’s pandering to both fucking sides, the traitor. He’ll give the issue some lip service for the liberals that voted him in, but will back away because he’s afraid of the God’s soldiers who may have voted for him too.
I will be writing a letter to both him and my state congress people. I like to do that. I’ll tell them what assholes they are for not nipping this “I’m against contraceptives” shit from pharmacists in the bud. And I’m sure I’ll get back a letter saying they’ll take my views into consideration. I’m sure it’ll be the law soon that I’m to wear dresses down to my ankles and my hair tied in a bun. It’s only a matter of time before they go from digging their dirty slimy hands into my uterus to dictating what hangs in my closet.
[1] In case you don’t know, Plan B prevents conception and is not an abortion pill, as so many fundie idiots would have us believe.
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