Pharmacists should not make moral judgments

IN response to Loretta O’Connor’s letter (August 3), as somebody who works in pharmacy I believe that expressing my own beliefs as regards contraception and the availability of the morning-after pill, is completely outside the realms of my job description.

The role of the pharmacist is to advise people about their medicines, how to take them and the effects that these medicines will have. They are not there and should not feel obliged to give advice, moral or otherwise, beyond the duties required of them.

They are not social workers, priests or politicians and their opinions should not precipitate into the workplace as health professionals.