Does a pharmacist have the right to refuse to fill a legally obtained birth control pill prescription? A number of pharmacists certainly are trying.

According to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, Nicole Safar, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin, said, "There has been a strong movement to restrict birth control over the past five or six years".

Ms. Safar, who is a legal and policy analyst, went on to say, "There is an extreme religious view that equates birth control with abortion, and they have already gone as far as they can in restricting abortion."

This concept was tested in the Wisconsin courts in March, 2008, when the 3rd District Court of Appeals ruled that Wisconsin’s Pharmacy Examining Board was correct when they reprimanded and limited a pharmacist’s license after he refused to refill a young woman’s birth control prescription based on his religious beliefs.

In this case, the appellate court had ruled that Neil Noesen, the pharmacist actually had the right to refuse to provide the birth control pills. However he was wrong when he refused to allow the woman to get her prescription filled elsewhere.

Based on court records, on July 6, 2002, a University of Wisconsin-Stout student went into the Menomonie Kmart to fill her birth control prescription. Noesen asked her if her intent was to use the prescription for contraception.

After she acknowledged that this was her intent, Noesen, who is a Roman Catholic, said it was against his religious beliefs to till the prescription and refused to advise her as to where or how she would be able to get the prescription filled.

The woman left and took her prescription to a WalMart Pharmacy. The phramacy called Noesen. He refused to transfer the woman’s prescription. He subsequently said that if he transferred it that it would constitute participating in contraception.

Ordinary standard care, according to the judge, "requires that a pharmacist who exercises a conscientious objection to dispensing a prescription must ensure that there is an alternative mechanism for the patient to receive his or her medication, including informing the patient of their objections to obtain their prescription."

In most states, including Wisconsin, health care workers, not pharmacists, are permitted to refuse treatment on moral grounds. The decision, written by Judge Michael Hoover, said Noesen actually, "…prevented all the efforts (the woman) made to obtain her medication elsewhere when he refused to complete the transfer and gave her no options for obtaining her legally prescribed medication elsewhere."

The United States Supreme court holds that an individual’s religious beliefs don’t exclude compliance with "otherwise valid laws prohibiting conduct that the state is free to regulate"

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Many women are suffering from gallbladder problems that were caused by one of the first fourth generation birth control pills to come on the market. This particular oral contraceptive is a combination hormone contraceptive. It contains a synthetic form of progestin called drospirenone and another hormone, estrogen, called ethinyl estradiol.

This pill was marketed heavily in the U S with ads that promoted its use for treating PMS (premenstrual syndrome) and PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder).

Women, who are twice as likely to develop gallstones as men, can become even more prone to gallstones after ingesting these oral contraceptives. That’s because the hormones in these pills can decrease their gallbladder movement while simultaneously increasing the cholesterol level in their bile.

Serious Problems Can Arise

When this happens gallstones can be created. Serious problems can then result if these gallstones get trapped in their bile ducts.

Laproscopic gallbladder surgery may be called for. Then, following the surgery, they may be subject to additional side effects caused by the surgery itself.

Gallbladder disease is not the only potential problem associated with this medication. Women who have taken this pill have also developed blood clots, pulmonary embolism, pancreatitis, deep vein thrombosis, strokes, and even sudden cardiac arrests.

The bottom line is some women who were trying to prevent pregnancy or who were taking this oral contraceptive for other reasons have already died from the pill. And countless others are still suffering from the diseases it has caused.

What Should You Do If You Are Taking a Fourth Generation Birth Control Pill

If you are taking an oral contraceptive that contains either drospirenone and/or ethinyl estradiol then you should call your medical practitioner and schedule an appointment so that you can discuss safer alternatives. If you have taken these contraceptives and are not feeling well you should also see your doctor.

Hopefully you can change medications before these cause you any significant harm. However, if you have experienced serious negative side effects (or if your significant other has passed away because of these pills), then you may want to consult an attorney who specializes in birth control litigation.

Although a significant number of women throughout the US have suffered from these life threatening oral contraceptives, many of them are not aware of that they have significant legal rights that were designed to protect them from negligence and potentially reward them with financial settlements because of their suffering.

And most of the attorneys who represent personal injury cases such as these offer a free initial consultation and, if they feel a lawsuit is warranted, will work on a contingency basis. In other words, they will not charge anything unless they win the case. And then fee is taken out of the settlement.

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