11/10/2004

Red State "values" for November 10th.

Because there is apparently a verse in the Bible where Jesus or someone else specifically prohibits the use of contraceptives, a 33-year old adult female was unable to refill her prescription for birth control pills at a Texas CVS because the pharmacist doesn't believe in birth control.
I was shocked," says Lacey, 33, who was not able to get her prescription until the next day and missed taking one of her pills. "Their job is not to regulate what people take or do. It's just to fill the prescription that was ordered by my physician." Some pharmacists, however, disagree and refuse on moral grounds to fill prescriptions for contraceptives. And states from Rhode Island to Washington have proposed laws that would protect such decisions. Mississippi enacted a sweeping statute that went into effect in July that allows health care providers, including pharmacists, to not participate in procedures that go against their conscience. South Dakota and Arkansas already had laws that protect a pharmacist's right to refuse to dispense medicines. Ten other states considered similar bills this year
Just so you know, they're not just Christian/red state values anymore. Soon, they're going to be all of our values. Welcome to fucking goddamn conditioning. Paging Mr. Huxley.

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