Pharmacists Sue To Deny Prescriptions

Washington State recently passed a law that says that a pharmacy cannot refuse to fill a patient's legal prescription. If a doctor write's a prescription, then a pharmacy must fill the prescription. An individual pharmacist may ask another pharmacist to fill the prescription as long as the prescription is filled by the pharmacy that same day.

This seems like a very reasonable law to me. It is simply asking pharmacists to do their job (i.e., fill prescriptions). The law just went into effect yesterday, and already, a couple of pharmacists are suing the state. Evidently, they believe their pharmacist degree gives them the right to second-guess a doctor's treatment, and impose their own weird morality on their customers.

Of course, the prescriptions in question concern the so-called "morning-after" pill. These nuts say the law forces them to administer medical treatments they consider immoral. That's just stupid. They don't have the right to administer medical treatment in the first place. That's a doctor's job. Their job is simply to fill prescriptions issued by the doctor (and putting pills in a bottle is not "administering medical treatment").

Frankly, I have no sympathy for these people. All patients should have the right to promptly receive any medication their doctor prescribes for them. If these pharmacists feel they cannot do their job as the state requires, they should resign and find a job or profession that they can do.

Neither their politics nor their religion should interfere with a doctor's treatment or a patient's rights.