February 12, 2004

Pharmacists was fired...

In a continuation of Another for my bless them, bless them in their stupid asses! (sorry Kevin), it turns out that Eckerd fired the pharmacists. It also turns out there was not just one there, but three assholes who refused to fill the rape victims prescription.

This just pisses me off: "I went in the back room and briefly prayed about it," said Herr, who had worked for Eckerd for five years. "I actually called my pastor at Denton Bible Church and asked him what he thought about it."

I want this to follow this man forever. Here is his info so when prospective employers google him they will find this: Gene Herr, 33, of Denton.

This should be ignored. This is exactly why the morning after pill NEEDs to be over the counter.

Posted by pqbon at February 12, 2004 3:46 PM | TrackBack
Comments

OK, the pharamacist... total asshole, deserves to be fired, that sort of thing should never ever every happen. However, I'm not sure that selling large doses of hormones over the counter is a good idea, for purely non-political health-related reasons. Birth-control pills can have (in my opinion) very weird and complex side-effects. For example, smokers need to take really low-estrogen pills or else they run the risk of stroke. Do we know very well what kind of weirdness can happen when you take the huge dose that morning-after pills contain? (Honest question, I don't know if they would be better -- because they're short term -- or worse -- because they're high dosage -- than regular pills.)

on reading the link, something similar to what the critics said. :)

seems like a good practice (though I don't know ho you could make this policy) would be that doctors should OK the prescription over the phone or something as long as they know she's not high-risk for bad effects.

Posted by: meta at February 12, 2004 5:12 PM