| Quotes: |
| How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being. - Oscar Wilde |
| Quotes: |
| Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein |
| Quotes: |
| Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge. - Mark Twain |
| Quotes: |
| I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him. - Mark Twain |
| Quotes: |
| Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. - Albert Einstein |
|
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 |
| What century does America think we're in? |
I thought America was the land of liberty and freedom. It now appears that there is debate over a new law compelling pharmacists to fill customer prescriptions regardless of their personal convictions. The new act is called: Access to Legal Pharmaceuticals Act.
The issue has arisen over the refusal by some pharmacists to fill prescriptions for the contraceptive medications and devices. In addition to refusing to fill scripts, pharmacists in a number of states including: California, Georgia, Louisiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Washington state and Wisconsin, were also refusing to return the scripts so women could get them filled at another pharmacy.
Who died and gave them legal rights over another person's body? Will the woman who has endometriosis then have the right to sue when she requires laparoscopic surgery to rectify the excrutiating pain caused by not having her medication because of some pharmacists moral objection? What happens to the woman who is raped and requires emergency contraception and then has to deal with this treatment on top of the emotional, mental & physical anguish she is already suffering? Or the woman who almost died giving birth to her last child and knows she will surely die if she has another?
Someone needs to sit these people down and explain (although one would think they would cover this information at medical school) that they are NOT God and they do not have the right to play God with other peoples lives.
|
posted by Blue @ 10:52 pm  |
|
| 3 Comments: |
-
good ole usa ... land of tyranny and christian rule ... grrrrr
(hi ... its graffitti artist ...)
i think there are some in the usa that even want 'roe v wade' overturned! ack! scary ...
-
Hey Graf,
Thats the newly appointed Justice Alito.... I can't believe the number of woman who support him tho' POssibly because they never had to struggle for any of the privileges they have. Not realising how hard fought they were. One of my earliest memories is going on a ProChoice protest march with my mum..... I guess I'm lucky to remember the struggle.
-
I supported Justice Alito. But it has nothing to do with Roe v Wade. The problems facing America right now are much bigger than that.
There are some who want Roe v Wade overturned, some for the reasons you think and some for other reasons. I personally think its bad law. It needs to be rewritten, reworded. It needs to start with congress, it shouldn't be in the jurisdiction of the supreme court. Congress makes the law, the supreme court's only function is to interpret them.
Though I am pro-choice, I am adamantly opposed to partial-birth abortions. And I find it extremely ironic that the supporters of partial birth abortions are PETA freaks and tree huggers. Not that I'm anti-environment or anything.......I just believe in moderation. Extremes either way disturb me.
But what disturbs me most of all is generalized statements calling my country the land of tyranny. I believe some people put too much stock in left wing propaganda.
|
| |
| << Home |
| |
|
|
|
|
good ole usa ... land of tyranny and christian rule ... grrrrr
(hi ... its graffitti artist ...)
i think there are some in the usa that even want 'roe v wade' overturned! ack! scary ...