Take Aim At Target...
Oct. 18th, 2005 12:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilman"Imagine walking into a pharmacy with a prescription and being
told by the pharmacist, 'I won't fill it. It's my right not to
fill it.' Yes, it's outrageous, but this is exactly what
happened to a 26-year-old woman who presented a prescription for
emergency contraception at a Target in Fenton, MO, on September
30. Planned Parenthood is demanding that pharmacists dispense
medication, not moral judgment, and we need your voice to be
heard, too."
Contact Target and insist that every woman's pills be filled --
now!
http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/fillmypillsnow_target/
Target has ignored three attempts by Planned Parenthood
Federation of America (PPFA) to determine their national policy
regarding pharmacists' refusal to fill valid, legal
prescriptions for birth control, including emergency
contraception. But they cannot ignore hundreds of thousands of
potential customers.
Contact Target now >>
http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/fillmypillsnow_target/
Pharmacies must ensure that women get their prescriptions filled
in-store, without discrimination or delay!
Karen Pearl
Interim President
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
On behalf of the Planned Parenthood community
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PERSONAL STORY
"When the pharmacist told me she wouldn't [fill the
prescription] I went from disbelief to shock to anger. I guess
I'm still pretty angry. It seems unbelievable to me that a
medical professional could/would deny access to a federally
approved drug and impose their personal beliefs in a
professional setting. I am also grateful that I did not need it
filled at that time. I don't know how it would be if I had just
been raped or if the condom broke and I was a feeling confusion
and panic anyway -- and then was denied access and told to go
across the street."
More >> http://www.ppaction.org/ct/DpqKFl412zoN/
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Join Our Response Team >>
http://www.ppaction.org/ct/DdqKFl412zoA/
Learn More >> http://www.ppaction.org/ct/D7qKFl412zoM/
Take Action >> http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/fillmypillsnow_target/
Tell a Friend >> http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/fillmypillsnow_target/forward/
And while you're at it, show your support for CVS, which to-date has made a policy of filling ALL prescriptions, no questions asked, no unwanted moral judgements handed down.
told by the pharmacist, 'I won't fill it. It's my right not to
fill it.' Yes, it's outrageous, but this is exactly what
happened to a 26-year-old woman who presented a prescription for
emergency contraception at a Target in Fenton, MO, on September
30. Planned Parenthood is demanding that pharmacists dispense
medication, not moral judgment, and we need your voice to be
heard, too."
Contact Target and insist that every woman's pills be filled --
now!
http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/fillmypillsnow_target/
Target has ignored three attempts by Planned Parenthood
Federation of America (PPFA) to determine their national policy
regarding pharmacists' refusal to fill valid, legal
prescriptions for birth control, including emergency
contraception. But they cannot ignore hundreds of thousands of
potential customers.
Contact Target now >>
http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/fillmypillsnow_target/
Pharmacies must ensure that women get their prescriptions filled
in-store, without discrimination or delay!
Karen Pearl
Interim President
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
On behalf of the Planned Parenthood community
---------------------------------------------
PERSONAL STORY
"When the pharmacist told me she wouldn't [fill the
prescription] I went from disbelief to shock to anger. I guess
I'm still pretty angry. It seems unbelievable to me that a
medical professional could/would deny access to a federally
approved drug and impose their personal beliefs in a
professional setting. I am also grateful that I did not need it
filled at that time. I don't know how it would be if I had just
been raped or if the condom broke and I was a feeling confusion
and panic anyway -- and then was denied access and told to go
across the street."
More >> http://www.ppaction.org/ct/DpqKFl412zoN/
---------------------------------------------
Join Our Response Team >>
http://www.ppaction.org/ct/DdqKFl412zoA/
Learn More >> http://www.ppaction.org/ct/D7qKFl412zoM/
Take Action >> http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/fillmypillsnow_target/
Tell a Friend >> http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/fillmypillsnow_target/forward/
And while you're at it, show your support for CVS, which to-date has made a policy of filling ALL prescriptions, no questions asked, no unwanted moral judgements handed down.
