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Old 11-24-2004, 05:03 AM  
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Great now British pharmacies are playing God too

on the back of that story/thread last week where the woman in the US refused to sell birth control pills:


Catholic chemist refused to sell morning-after pill

A pharmacist refused to sell the morning-after pill to a mother-of-two - because he's a Catholic.

Kerrie Gooch, 24, who has a nine-week-old baby and a two-year-old was forced to go to a clinic instead, reports the Daily Mirror.

She plans to sue if she falls pregnant and asked: "What gives him the right to play God?

"Everyone is entitled to an opinion but I don't want someone making a decision like this for me.

Kerrie's problem began when the condom she and her long-term partner, aged 22, were using split.

Kerrie then went to a Lloyds Pharmacy in Swindon, but the Catholic pharmacist refused to dispense the morning-after pill because of his views on contraception.

There was no other pharmacist on hand so she ended up going to an NHS Walk-In Centre six hours later.

Andy Murdock, Lloyds' pharmacy director, said: "He objected on religious grounds, which he is fully within his rights to do.

"Another member of staff, and a supervisor, had lengthy discussions with Ms Gooch and partner. They were given advice as to alternative sources."


http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1187412.html
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