The problem with the Plan B "morality" argument

There’s a problem with these morons and their ‘argument’. For background, their argument:

"It's all about when people think life begins and there's people on both sides of that fence and it's a very controversial issue, but we feel we need to take a position based up our beliefs," said Kevin Stormans, pharmacy owner, in June of 2006.

And

"Everybody draws their own lines," [Jim] Ramseth said. "And if a person's purpose is to kill a fertilized egg, then I disagree with that. Regardless of where the practitioner draws that line, they should have the right."

Finally,

…many of Ramseth's colleagues agree that they should not be forced to provide medication with which they have moral or ethical objections.

But here’s the problem. It isn’t a moral or ethical question. It’s a question of a pharmacist’s right to be willfully ignorant of the science of a drug. The answer is, such a right doesn't exist.

Find a company that will allow you to shirk, entirely, part of your job duties because of moral or ethical objections. Go ahead, let me know what company this is. Such a thing doesn't exist - you do what your job calls for, or you find a new line of work. Being Christian, or ignorant, or Christian and ignorant, is not an excuse for not doing your job. As pharmacists, their job is to dispense legal medicines legally prescribed. Their job is to educate patients as to the procedures to follow for taking the drug, how to be safe, and any side effects. Their job is not to decide for a patient whether or not they can take a drug.

Plan B is the most egregious case, by far. The only opposition to this comes from those who consider it an "abortion pill". The science is there - Plan B does not cause abortions. It has no effect on a fertilized egg. What it does is prevent fertilization of the egg, thereby preventing the need for an abortion, birth, adoption or any other such decision. The belief that Plan B is an "abortion pill" is borne entirely of ignorance - not just run-of-the-mill ignorance, either, but willful ignorance.

If a pharmacist is allowing themselves to be convinced, by some dogma or charlatan with a political ax to grind, that the science is wrong, well...they have no business being around drugs, much less dispensing them. This has gone on long enough - it's irresponsible, and frankly if they can be this offbase about one drug, they're capable of being offbase about any drug. They're dangerous and a menace to public health. In this blogger's opinion, it's time for the state to start pulling licenses - you don't accurately understand what the drugs do, you don't get to keep your pharmacist's license.