Many medications can affect fertility

I have a few questions for the pharmacists who do not want to dispense Plan B. When you receive a prescription for Viagra do you ask if the man is married, and planning to father a child, before dispensing? When you receive a script for Tagamet, do you refuse to fill it because it decreases sperm count? Do you refuse to fill all prescriptions for cancer treatments because they can permanently affect fertility? A host of medications will prevent sperm and egg from becoming a baby.

If you are going to refuse to fill Plan B on moral grounds, then I believe you must not dispense any other medications that could result in the loss of sperm or egg. Because there are so many medications that do this, you may have to find a new line of work. Do you have the courage to really stand up for your convictions or are you just using your refusal to dispense Plan B in an attempt to legislate morality?

Marybeth O’Leary

Everett