Business Ethics

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Target and Prescriptions for Contraceptives

This article raises issues of the religious rights of pharmacists vs. the rights of customers:

Target allows its pharmacists at 1,150 stores to refuse to dispense emergency
contraception, also called Plan B, if it is against their religious beliefs.
That's OK, said Planned Parenthood officials, but they take issue with Target
for allowing its pharmacists to send customers someplace else to get the pills.
Instead, Target should follow the practices of some other national chains and
find a way to accommodate the pharmacist without inconveniencing or embarrassing the customer, said Jackie Payne, assistant director of government relations for
the Planned Parenthood Federation in Washington.

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