5 December 2005 - 8:41pm
Every zygote is sacred
Read....
...Depo-Provera is increasingly being used as a treatment for people with mild endometriosis--a disorder where you have bits of uterine tissue where you shouldn't, and...well, everytime one is on the monthly, so to speak, those bits of tissue bleed, just like the rest of your uterine tissue. One of the nicer things about Depo-Provera is you don't bleed for six months, and is a little less harsh than other medical treatments for endometriosis like, oh, Syntrel or having an ovariohysterectomy (both of which basically throw your body into early menopause).
Denying birth control pills to someone who has polycystic ovary disease can ultimately be life-threatening--among other things, diabetes and obesity are longterm consequences as well as, well, the ovarian cysts (which are incredibly painful, we're talking gallstone/kidneystone levels of pain, and can get HUGE). Birth control pills are just about the only non-surgical option OUT there for polycystic ovary disease, and childbirth for people with polycystic ovary disease can itself be potentially life-threatening as well.
(Yes, I have a wee bit of a family history of PCS. Couldn't you tell?)
A pharmacist has no way of really telling whether a script is for birth control or for another, legitimate, medical indication (such as PCS or for medical management of abnormal menstrual periods--some of which are precursors of PCS itself).
Dominionist pharmacists apparently--if the dominionists (including my family, who has a known family history of PCS, has had my sister hospitalised with PCS, has had an 80 pound ovarian cyst removed from my grandmother before) I've known are any judge--don't care....
... the whole thing.
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Wow, I knew that there were a lot of other uses for birth control pills but this was eye opening. This really does go right into this drive to deny health care in general to those who don't happen to agree with one's spiritual beliefs. The most insane thing about this movement is that they have drifted so far away from basic biblical principle it's apalling. I am a christian who believes that much of the bible is allegory - even taken more literaly though it is clear that Christ commands christians to live a life of love - putting it above even faith. We are commanded to love the sinner hate the sin. The bible tells us to be a living witness - i.e. make folks want to know why you live the way you do and want to emulate it. The bible also says there is no sin greater than to drive any person away from God - yet these people do that all the time. They spew hateful bile, threaten even commit the worst sorts of attrocities - in the name of one who abhores such behaviour. There truly is a special place in hell, if it exists, for people such as these.
Indeed, a person can be excused from participation based on conscience. In war time the Conscientious Objector, CO, is not put on the front lines. These individuals are removed to other duty is a supporting function. Those who cannot handle the responsibilities of their job title - doctors or pharmacist - could be given work that does not require writing or filing scripts. Perhaps working in the pathology area or working in a laboratory setting where patient contact is minimal, or non-existence, might be right for them.
Just like a CO is not allowed to pick and choose which battles to fight, the best thing is to remove people who cannot carry out the basics of the job.