A few questions for Target
Posted by reclaimingmedusa on November 15, 2005
Fellow FIVERS (Feminists against Intimate Violence through Empowerment, Energizing, Education, Exchange;Resources, Resistance, Revolution, Research; ANDSupport) member Cheryl Soehl had some great questions for Target which I pass along with her kind permission.
“Do they fill prescriptions for viagra for unmarried men?
Do they sell condoms?
Contraceptive foam?
Do they sell medications for STIs to fornicators?
Do they dispense medications that contain alcohol?
Do they sell other medications that can act as abortifacients? i.e.,methotrexate, inteferon, etc. Mifepristone (one of the ingredients inRU487 is being developed as an antipsychotic antidepressant.
Will theyrefuse to dispense it for psychiatric patients?”
And then there is this fine analysis of the Target position:http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/11/target-digs-itself-deeper-hole-in.html.
“I don’t know about you, but when I go to the pharmacist, I don’t want him sending me to another Target 40 miles away simply because he has religious issues with my prescription. It’s none of his business what prescription I’m getting filled, and short of there being a glaring mistake in my prescription a la “It’s a Wonderful Life” – i.e., instead of allergy pills someone gave me cyanide – it’s none of his damn business passing religious judgment on my prescriptions, my illnesses, my prefered form of treatment, or me.I already have a priest, and he doesn’t work at Target, thank you.But Target feels otherwise. In fact, Target is now claiming – quite incredibly – that its employees’ religious fanaticism is covered the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Yes, apparently Target employees are allowed to not sell you things based on THEIR religion.”
Be sure to check out the rest of this fine post and the additional questions it poses.
