I'm sure there are doctors who won't perform abortions yet see that their patients are responsibly referred.
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Trudy Booth - Dec 06, 2005 5:07:24 am PST #7992 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
§ ita § - Dec 06, 2005 5:08:59 am PST #7993 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Are abortions things that your general doctor performs, or is it a more specialist sort of a procedure?
Trudy Booth - Dec 06, 2005 5:16:20 am PST #7994 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Are abortions things that your general doctor performs, or is it a more specialist sort of a procedure?
My doctor's practice performs them outpatient at the hospital or refers you to a private clinic. It's entirely possible, however, that someone in his practice DOESN'T do them -- I never asked.
Steph L. - Dec 06, 2005 5:19:04 am PST #7995 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Are abortions things that your general doctor performs, or is it a more specialist sort of a procedure?
See, that's an excellent point. A patient goes to a pharmacy with the tacit understanding that, as long as they are willing to pay, they can obtain a legitimately prescribed legal medication. There aren't separate pharmacies for different types of drugs.
It's not the pharmacist's decision as to who should be allowed to receive a given drug -- and it's not just EC anymore; there are reports of pharmacists who won't dispense mental-health-related medication, for instance. The pharmacist isn't the prescriber; the doctor is. They don't make that decision together.
Honestly. A vegan can't get a job at Outback Steakhouse and then refuse to cook anything with animal products in it. Pharmacists are no different.
tommyrot - Dec 06, 2005 5:20:13 am PST #7996 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A vegan can't get a job at Outback Steakhouse and then refuse to cook anything with animal products in it.
Heh. It would be funny if that happened, though.
DebetEsse - Dec 06, 2005 5:21:34 am PST #7997 of 10003
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Heh. It would be funny if that happened, though.
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Amy - Dec 06, 2005 5:22:22 am PST #7998 of 10003
Because books.
I'm pretty sure the first OB/GYN practice I found where we used to live didn't perform abortions *and* didn't refer, because the hospital they were affiliated with was Catholic. Privately, I don't know what each doctor did if asked for advice or a referral, but I do know the senior physician there was very gung-ho about me trying the "family planning" (or rhythm) method of birth control.
The whole thing kind of astounded me, because I'd never run into a practice like that -- but I'd also never had any experience with a Catholic hospital.
Steph L. - Dec 06, 2005 5:24:05 am PST #7999 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
This conversation is eerily synchronous for me, b/c I'm editing an article about mifepristone (one of the two drugs in the RU-486 regimen), and the nasty side effects it can have on the woman, particularly if it doesn't actually end the pregnancy. Nasty stuff.
Trudy Booth - Dec 06, 2005 5:26:45 am PST #8000 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
In light of our current discussion I ask your indulgence...
sluuuuuuuuuut
[Please note: I am not a judgmental doctor, pharmacist, nurse practitioner or any other sort of healthcare provider.]
askye - Dec 06, 2005 5:26:55 am PST #8001 of 10003
Thrive to spite them
there are reports of pharmacists who won't dispense mental-health-related medication, for instance.
Can you point me to information about this? I'd like to know which pharmacies are letting this happen.