re: Walgreens pharmacist denies pregnant woman miscarriage medication over his ethical beliefs

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I'm just trying to understand what beliefs he could have to deny her the medicine, especially after she most certainly explained the situation to him

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There is some pretty crazy beliefs out there. At least in my opinion. I know that some believe that for a completely unviable ectopic (tubular) pregnancy, it is perfectly fine to remove the tube and terminate the pregnancy, but to take a medicine to directly pass the pregnancy is morally wrong. Because by removing the tube, you aren't directly terminating the pregnancy, it's just a by-product. But a by-product that was the sole intention of the procedure.

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If he wants to pick and choose what meds people take, he should have became a DOCTOR. Pharmacists shouldn't be able to intervene in anyone's meds unless the combination they are prescribed is dangerous.

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Unfortunately, that is exactly what pharmacists are charged with. State DEAs see pharmacists as a cog in the wheel of fighting opiate addiction and expect them to be the judge and jury in dispensing drugs.

Have you seen the latest lawsuits against all of the doctors for overprescribing opiates? No? Me neither. However, counties across the country are suing Walgreens, CVS, and PBMs for opiate abuse. If they are just supposed to dispense the damn drug, why are they the ones being sued?

Oh look, this argument again.


Pharmacists are in fact legally obligated to not fill prescriptions they don't clinically agree with. That is their job. If they fill something harmful, they can be sued/disciplined just like an MD.


This particular instance is dumb because obviously the pharmacist didnt understand the drug he was being requested to dispense.

Sounds like it worked out. The Walgreen's policy and Arizona law was followed. Instill don't understand the pharmacist's issue if the fetus was already dead. Probably more to the story.

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He is required to come up with an alternative solution immediately. That is where Walgreens could say he did not follow policy.

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You missed the part where he sent it to another pharmacy and it was filled 20 minutes later.

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Oh look, this argument again.


Pharmacists are in fact legally obligated to not fill prescriptions they don't clinically agree with.

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CLINICALLY, which is the exact argument I made.
IDGAF about his moral conviction if my Dr prescribed it, then dispense it, clown.

I feel there could very well be more to the story.

I feel for the woman...but also realize that she could have very well gotten so upset..that she didn't hear/fully grasp that the pharmacist was sending this to another location.

She clearly doesn't understand how a pharmacy works. She mentions in the article that there were 2 other people working that should have filled it. Those were likely pharmacy techs. And a store manager isn't a pharmacist so no way can they fill it. I would guess most Walgreen locations only have 1 pharmacist on duty. Meaning there was physically no one else available at that location to fill it.

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You celebrate abortions on this board frequently.

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Unless I am wrong, the church doesnt advocate carrying a dead stillborn baby to term...

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IDGAF about his moral conviction if my Dr prescribed it, then dispense it, clown.

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Pharmacists are not medicine vending machines.

This woman is getting her 15 minutes...she is now about to be on CNN telling her story.