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RockRaven

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1. Refusing to prescribe an appropriate and *necessary* medication isn't just a reason to fire, it is

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Sat Jan 14, 2023, 03:27 AM

Jan 2023

a reason to remove licensure. And make no mistake -- birth control can be both appropriate and necessary.

If your religious beliefs (or any other personal hangups) prevent you from performing your job to the profession's ethical and competency standards, you need to be thrown out of the fucking profession. Good fucking bye.

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CVS sued by nurse who was fired after she refused to prescribe birth control [View all] In It to Win It Jan 2023 OP

Refusing to prescribe an appropriate and *necessary* medication isn't just a reason to fire, it is RockRaven Jan 2023 #1

+ 1,000 nightwing1240 Jan 2023 #7

+2,000 Emile Jan 2023 #13

WHY is she wanting to WORK IN A PHARMACY, then????!!? secondwind Jan 2023 #2

It's a feature, not a bug. tanyev Jan 2023 #12

Where do these people come from? RandySF Jan 2023 #3

One answer to that question is that In It to Win It Jan 2023 #14

She has the absolute right not to work for any pharmacy. dchill Jan 2023 #4

But her faith says it's ok to get money based on selling birth control ? JI7 Jan 2023 #5

she needs to get a job where her delusions don't impact her duties Skittles Jan 2023 #6

She wasn't fired for her religion rather for refusing to do the job she was originally hired to do. cstanleytech Jan 2023 #8

If the CVS nurse refused to sell BC to a customer based on her religious beliefs, no_hypocrisy Jan 2023 #9

There are already too many humans alive for the carrying capacity. GreenWave Jan 2023 #10

Even though I agree with Delphinus Jan 2023 #11