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Tell Us Your Story: Women Refused Birth Control by Pharmacists
In an outrageous move to stop women from preventing unintended pregnancies, some pharmacists in New York, Texas, Wisconsin, and New Hampshire have refused to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception and other birth control pills. Planned Parenthood is fighting back and you can too. If you have been refused health care services at a pharmacy based on a pharmacist's religious, moral, or ethical objections, tell us your story and help stop anti-choice ideology from threatening women's health.
Dear [ Decision Maker ] , Tell us your story. Have you been denied a health care service based on religious, moral or ethical objections?
Who refused you? What health care service (drug, device, service) was refused? Where (pharmacy, town, state)? When? What reason did the provider give? What was the emotional and/or financial impact? How was the matter resolved (did you complain, what was the pharmacy's response)? Did you ultimately get needed service?
Sincerely, |
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| Background Information |
Last year, 13 states have introduced legislation that would allow a pharmacist to deny health care services based on religious, moral or ethical objections. Most of these states would even allow pharmacists to refuse to provide birth control.
It is unjust that the law would allow someone to be denied access to basic health care services based on the narrow, ideological beliefs of others.
If you have been refused health care services at a pharmacy based on a pharmacist's religious, moral, or ethical objections, tell us your story and help stop anti-choice ideology from threatening women's health.
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