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By Jeff Fecke | January 28, 2006
Looks Like I Can Call Off My Target Boycott
Target finally does the right thing and fires the pharmacist who refused to dispense Plan B:
Paula Gianino, chief executive of Planned Parenthood for the St. Louis Region, lauds Target�s commitment to fill such prescriptions, and contends that Williams is at fault because of her refusal to refer patients or physicians elsewhere.
�She could refuse to fill the prescription, but she took it to the next level,� Gianino said. �Target has done everything possible to try to fill patients� health-care needs and accomodate individual pharmacists.�
Said [Pharmacist Heather] Williams: �I�m not in judgment of anyone. I want my right not to fill something, much as they have their right to get Plan B filled.�
Ah, Ms. Williams, see, here’s the thing: you have the right not to fill Plan B. Here’s how: don’t be a pharmacist. I can tell you that I work in shipping, and I almost never have to fill anyone’s emergency contraception prescription.
However, if you wish to remain a pharmacist, you’ll have to accept that your job is to fill lawful prescriptions, be they for Plan B, fluoxetine, Viagra, or amoxycillin. If that sounds unappealing to you, then go do something else.
As for Target, my boycott (and yes, I boycotted ‘em) is over. I can and will shop there without reservation. They–finally–did the right thing, and they should be rewarded for that.
Topics: Uncategorized/Old Blog Stuff | 1 Comment »
January 14th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
[...] Target has had a reasonably good reputation for charity and treating their employees well (they’re non-union, but they don’t seem to take the same glee at screwing employees over that Wal-Mart does), and as a Minnesotan I’m required by law to love them, as they are headquartered in Minneapolis. And generally, I do, at least since they stopped denying women contraception. [...]