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I go out with a pharmacist sometimes. She tells me that some pharmacists refuse to dispense the "morning after" pill, even going so far as to tell patients that "we don't carry that" (which is not true). She feels this to be professionally irresponsible. I see her point: it is a legal drug, being asked for by a patient. Does the pharmacist have the right to make a moral judgment for the patient?

In a privately owned pharmacy. The "we don't carry that" remark, will make them liable. They can refuse to sell it though. "Go to another pharmacy". My wife works for a major Pharmacy and has refused to fill the prescription. In other words, someone else filled it, but she didn't have to if it went against her beliefs. Now, If she said, "we don't have that" and they actually do, then yes, she would be liable for making a false report. That is my understanding of it from the way she explained it to me. But to answer your ?, No, the pharmacist does not have that right, from a legal standpoint. They can alter or change meds. prescribed by the doctor though.