Violation Of Pharmacist Research Paper

Pharmacists have the vital job to provide their patients with any medications they need or have been prescribed for. However, there may be some medications, such as Plan B or emergency contraception, that are tied to moral beliefs that certain pharmacists do not agree with. This brings up the issue if pharmacists should have the right to refuse dispensing certain medications if they do not agree with them, and to go even further, if pharmacies should have a right to not carry these types of drugs or should there be restrictions on whether or not they must have the drug available to the public. This is a controversial issue, since there is not a simple way to appeal to both parties. This issue also can be extended further into issues with selling
Pharmacists should not be able to refuse giving a patient emergency contraception, despite whether or not they agree with the morality of the drug. As a pharmacist, it is their job to provide care to all patients without harming them, and refusing to give this drug to an individual would result in harm to them, pregnancy. A patient should not need to justify the reason they need the drug to the pharmacist, since it is their right to have the drug if they want it. Also, there is a common misconception around how Plan B works, and this misunderstanding may lead individuals to believe that the pill is against their moral stance on abortion when in fact, Plan B works in a much different way. Many believe that Plan B serves as an abortion pill, where the drug kills a zygote, a fertilized egg. However, this is incorrect, and in fact what Plan B does is prevent ovulation, or the release of an egg into the fallopian tube. Therefore, nothing resembling an abortion is being taken place and if there is indeed a zygote, it will attach to the uterus and there will be a chance of pregnancy in
If pharmacies wish to do this, there would be much backlash from the community. People rely on pharmacies to acquire the drugs they need and if they cannot since an establishment simply does not want to carry a drug on moral terms, then that will physically hurt them and in fact can create permanent changes in their lives. People should not be forced to go somewhere else or even perhaps illegally find a drug they need. It is the job of pharmacies to provide people with the medications they need or are prescribed to, and therefore there should not be policies where they do not require carrying a certain drug on moral grounds. However, this can become complicated with certain drugs like marijuana, which is not legal medically everywhere yet. This can be solved with the creation of stores who’s sole purpose is to sell the drug, that way the public still has access to treatment and only people who are morally okay with selling marijuana are employed. In any case, people should be able to safely obtain the medication they need, regardless whether or not someone morally agrees with them, and this is based on the right of autonomy in health