B.C

Kristina Kastl
NMS
pro 3.

Some pharmacists have refused to fill birth-control prescriptions, arguing that dispensing the products violates their personal moral or religious beliefs. Can a pharmacist ethically refused to fill a prescription? I believe that pharmacists have the right to refuse filling a prescription. Pharmacists should not be forced to fill prescriptions on the job. Everyone has their own religious freedom in the United Sates. According, the US Constitution allows for freedom to have the expression of religion and gives anyone the right to respect their religion and go about their beliefs. Everyone else has freedom of speech. For example, unfortunately porno is allowed because it is considered freedom of speech.
Another point is the open expression of religion in public places is allowed all over the US. Different religions and ethnicities have to respect their own culture’s beliefs and customs. Muslims have to wear turbans or the Jews wear their beanies to work and this is allowed at work, even though people are not allowed to wear a baseball cap on the job. Another religious point is Muslims have to pray at certain times of the day and everyday and employers have to allow time for this prayer activity and respect their religion. On Ash Wednesday Catholics have a religious ceremony that marks their foreheads with ashes. These Catholics can come to work with ashes on their forehead. Employers also do not force Catholics to eat meat on Friday during Lent.
The third point is the internal emotional conflict of doing something that you think is wrong. The pharmacist is being angry at the Pharmacy for being forced into filling the prescription. Also the pharmacist feels guilty about going against his religious beliefs. The pharmacist may also feel disgusted at the people filling the birth-control prescriptions. This can all cause the pharmacist to be stressed out.
I plan to capture these emotions and inequalities in a poem as it would be written by a pharmacist who feels trapped by his religious beliefs and his job activities.