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is probably already using birth control. This medication is used as a back up plan should regular birth control fail or no birth control methods be used such as cases of rape where access to planned birth control measures were unavailable. What is a woman who does not want to become pregnat to do if here birth control is recalled for not being effective? Why should the woman be forced to gestate and mature to birth a child that is neither wanted nor planned for when there are many methods of preventative measures, RU 486 being one of the least intrusive.

The medication is also used for a variety of other medical issues. Which is why without a survey and a complete examination of a womans medical records, there is no way that a pharamasict would be qualified to make the assumption as to what the medication is to be used for, let alone protest giving it to the client based on thier own religious beliefs. I seriously doubt that if such requirements were given to clients that many pharmacies would stay in business for long, given how America is a very private society conserning their personal records.

As long as medication is legally applied for with a proper prescription, or through general access by the public of safe over the counter medications which are federally approved, the pharmacist only has the duty to fill the prescription, and if they offer a medical records service, which most do, check to make sure any new prescriptions for their clients wont interfere with existing medications or allergies. Even this is considered a courtesy by the medical industry as no pharmacy claims to be a complete expert on your medical conditions. Guess why? Because pharmacists are not your regular medical physician. They have at most a rudimentary view of your medical issues. Their opinion is expertly qualified when seeking information about medications, they are not experts on diagnosing your symptoms to prescribe the correct medications or treatments for your ailments.

If a pharmacist has a problem with providing a customer with any medication that is specifically prescribed by a Doctor or in general deemed safe for the general public by the FDA, then they are in the wrong field.

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