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=arch13]So in a small area with only one drug store with one or two druggists, how can a woman expect that her legal rights be met if there are no other pharmacy's?
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The same way a women in a town with no pharmacies, she goes to another town. I lived in a town with no grocery store, yet people didn't starve, and there weren't many farmers either. People went to a grocery store in the city. Likewise, many small towns that have stores have limited selection, should people complain because their legal right to goods not sold there isn't being met? No, you go where what you want is being sold.
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Originally Posted by arch13
More to the point of why I'm posting, I have seen quite a few people on this board arguee that the free market is a good thing. The free market does no always go hand in hand with any political attitudes however. A store does have the right to fire an employee that does not do as the company requires or expects. In other words, in the free market Walgreens can fire every conscience objecting pharmacist, and it's perfectly legal, within the right of the company even. And I like that just fine.
What are your thoughts?
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Would you say that a company could fire a openly gay man if it felt that his homosexuality lead to a loss of business? Or what about the company in Michigan that recently fired employees for smoking at home, do you agree with that business as well? Or what about a business that requires a woman to wear makeup?
I don't think a business should be able to force people to unreasonably go against their beliefs. Most likely, the pharmacists in question felt that by giving out the morning after pill they would be participating in murder. I don't think people should be punished for having principles, and I hope they get either their jobs back or a large settlement.