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I picked up a copy of the Sun-Times this morning on the way to work, because it had a big article about Wicked coming to Chicago. Super-coolness. The first run is almost sold out, but they're going to bring in a long-running show as well. If it goes well, it might be a precedent for other Broadway shows to set up in Chicago for extended periods as well. Awesome! As someone who can't get to New York to watch the shows, I would love to see more Broadway-type shows in the Midwest. I hope it works.
On the front page, though, I also saw a story about a protest at an Osco on State Street. That caught my attention because I actually saw that on the bus yesterday going home. Not the protesters, who maybe were on dinner break, but a news van outside an Osco on State Street. The article is here, but the gist of it is that Planned Parenthood staged a big protest at this Osco because a pharmacist exercised a legal right to not dispense emergency contraception because she had personal moral beliefs against it. Not the Osco store entirely, just one pharmacist. Apparently acting in accordance with both the law and store policy, she gave back the prescription, told the woman she wouldn't fill it for her, and that she could come back later. So now there's a huge protest about this woman being denied her legal right to choose emergency contraception.
My personal reaction in this case is "WTF, people?" Not even because of any of the moral issues involved, but because it's totally a non-issue. Just for exercise, I counted pharmacies on the bus this morning heading into work. When I went to buy chips and pop for lunch today, I had to choose between three Walgreens within a five-block radius of my building, not counting the Oscos that was there as well (Because, you see, Walgreens is having a sale this week on Cadbury Creme Eggs). That's a pharmacy every other block. I'm sure there are more, but I've never gone to see what's on the left side of my building. If one pharmacist in one store doesn't want to fill your prescription, it's a two minute walk to another one. Suck it up and go get your prescription filled.
Being a pharmacist isn't like working at a Quickiemart. If you aren't smart and consciencious (no idea how to spell that)about your job, someone could die. So the last thing I'd want to see is some ruling saying that the pharmacist always has to fill the prescription on the little card, no matter what. In this situation, it seems like everyone's freedom of choice was protected. Wasn't that, y'know, the whole point?
Edit: Just found this little gem on FARK.com. A fabulous idea, really. Pro-lifers should get on the bandwagon. Every baby killed on Good Friday, give ten cents to your local Crisis Pregnancy Center. It'd be fantastic. But given relative volumes, we'd probably all go broke. Oh well.
On the front page, though, I also saw a story about a protest at an Osco on State Street. That caught my attention because I actually saw that on the bus yesterday going home. Not the protesters, who maybe were on dinner break, but a news van outside an Osco on State Street. The article is here, but the gist of it is that Planned Parenthood staged a big protest at this Osco because a pharmacist exercised a legal right to not dispense emergency contraception because she had personal moral beliefs against it. Not the Osco store entirely, just one pharmacist. Apparently acting in accordance with both the law and store policy, she gave back the prescription, told the woman she wouldn't fill it for her, and that she could come back later. So now there's a huge protest about this woman being denied her legal right to choose emergency contraception.
My personal reaction in this case is "WTF, people?" Not even because of any of the moral issues involved, but because it's totally a non-issue. Just for exercise, I counted pharmacies on the bus this morning heading into work. When I went to buy chips and pop for lunch today, I had to choose between three Walgreens within a five-block radius of my building, not counting the Oscos that was there as well (Because, you see, Walgreens is having a sale this week on Cadbury Creme Eggs). That's a pharmacy every other block. I'm sure there are more, but I've never gone to see what's on the left side of my building. If one pharmacist in one store doesn't want to fill your prescription, it's a two minute walk to another one. Suck it up and go get your prescription filled.
Being a pharmacist isn't like working at a Quickiemart. If you aren't smart and consciencious (no idea how to spell that)about your job, someone could die. So the last thing I'd want to see is some ruling saying that the pharmacist always has to fill the prescription on the little card, no matter what. In this situation, it seems like everyone's freedom of choice was protected. Wasn't that, y'know, the whole point?
Edit: Just found this little gem on FARK.com. A fabulous idea, really. Pro-lifers should get on the bandwagon. Every baby killed on Good Friday, give ten cents to your local Crisis Pregnancy Center. It'd be fantastic. But given relative volumes, we'd probably all go broke. Oh well.
