A CVS Pharmacist Stood in the Way of My Abortion — And the Law Says That’s OK

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/a44409/cvs-pharmacist-stood-in-the-way-of-my-abortion/

You can read this whole long article about CVS Pharmacist denial of care..  What struck me as odd/funny/ironic.. is from the paragraph below.. abt 50% of the population is female 115 million and maybe 50% are of child bearing age – 57 million… abt 50 % of the number of chronic pain pts in this country and the ACLU has a Reproductive Freedom Project. I checked the ACLU website and there has been only one action since 2009 involving chronic pain and that was when Indiana tried to mandate urine testing..  Is it just me… a 116 million chronic pain pts.. a protected class under the ADA … but to have a whole frigging group/dept to deal with half as many women over reproductive rights… and the last time I looked … most women of reproductive age.. are not a protected class..  Maybe the ACLU also has a fear of the DEA… they seem willingly to deal with the major pharmacy chains over female reproductive issues..

Brigitte Amiri, a senior staff attorney from the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project, works directly with major chain drugstores to come up with corporate policies relating to women’s reproductive rights. Amiri’s goal is to make sure prescriptions for birth control, emergency contraception, drugs used for miscarriage management, et al. are handled as efficiently as other prescriptions without imposing any burden on the customer. When I spoke with her, she was cautiously optimistic about these stores’ willingness to ensure that their customers are provided with timely and seamless care, saying, “The good news is, when we’ve gone to the headquarters of Walmart, Target, Walgreens, or CVS and said, ‘This has been a problem for your consumers,’ they’ve taken it very seriously.” When confronted, these chain stores have been quick to recognize problems, express desire to fix them, and even launch investigations or submit formal written apologies to consumers who have been denied prescriptions (or over-the-counter contraception, like Plan B.)

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