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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.


So.. if I get a job at KFC or McDonalds I can refuse to work because I'm a veggie?

If this man doesn't like dishing certain drugs out because it is "against his religion", what the hell is he doing working as a chemist?

in fact the pharmacist is a man.
Apart from that, I agree with you.

If this isn't madness, it is maddening at the very least.

Its pretty stupid. I mean I know a vegan who cooks omelettes for a job. She just doesn't eat them. But if your job is to serve others, you should not be denying them service because of your own personal views.

Its pretty stupid. I mean I know a vegan who cooks omelettes for a job. She just doesn't eat them. But if your job is to serve others, you should not be denying them service because of your own personal views.

Like a doctor who refuses to treat smokers.

I guess it's his right not to sell the pills. And then it's the pharmacy's owner's (or the "chief of staff's", or whoever is responsible for these matters in the company) right to fire his ass for not doing his job.