WOMENS PRESCRIPT´S REFUSED ON PHARMACISTS RELIGIOUS GROUNDS

Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
introduced legislation
to protect women´s access
to contraception
in response to recent reports
that women seeking birth control
or emergency contraception (EC)
have been turned away by pharmacists.

The legislation would require all pharmacies
to fill all prescriptions or refer customers
to someone who will,

despite pharmacists’ so-called religious
or ethical objections to the nature
of the prescription,

SNIP

Women in a dozen states have reportedly
been turned away by pharmacists,
and at times, even lectured. !
.

The Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act
of 2005 does not require pharmacies
to carry contraceptives, but it does require prescribed items to be reordered if they are out of stock,

even if an individual pharmacist objects,
reports the San Francisco Chronicle.

The bill requires any pharmacy that fills Medicare
or Medicaid prescriptions to make sure all
legal prescriptions are filled quickly,

even if a pharmacist personally objects,

SNIP

In introducing the legislation, Sen. Boxer,
a longtime advocate for women’s access to
contraceptives and reproductive health services,
said,
“When people go into their pharmacy
with a valid prescription, they should have confidence
that their prescription will be filled in a timely manner
and they will not face any harassment.

Contraceptives are legal and safe,
and they help prevent unwanted pregnancies
and abortions,"

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Sen. Boxer’s legislation is similar
to the Access to Legal Pharmaceuticals Act
(ALPhA),
proposed by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
earlier this month.

Four states currently allow pharmacists to refuse
to fill prescriptions

that violate their personal beliefs

while 22 other states are considering similar laws,
according to the San Francisco Chronicle.


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THOSE CHRISTIANS JUST PUT THEIR LAWS
ON EVERYBODY EVEN IF IT COSTS THEM MONEY


THEY WOULD NEVER DENY A MAN HIS VIAGRA

BUT THEY WILL DENY WOMEN THE CHOICE
OF NOT EVEN GETTING PREGNANT IN THE FIRST PLACE

WHO IN THE NAME OF ALL DIVINITY GAVE SOME PHARMACIST THE RIGHT TO TELL
ANY WOMAN
SHE CANT USE BIRTH CONTROL

WHEN DID WE REVERT TO THE DARK AGES ?

AT THIS RATE EVEN HILLARY STARTS TO LOOK BETTER.

I CANT BELIEVE I SAID THAT !

BUT IT IS EVEN HARDER TO BELIEVE
THAT IN THE 21ST CENTURY WOMEN

ARE REFUSED LEGAL BIRTH CONTROL

THESE RELIGIOUS MEN WHO SEE WOMEN
AS ONLY BREEDERS HAVE NO IDEA HOW
BIG A FIGHT THIS WILL BE.


WOMEN WILL NEVER GO BACK IN THE CAGES
OF MIDIEVAL SUBJUGATION TO SOME MYTH
CALLED GOD WHO SEES US AS LESS THAN HUMAN


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