Slog - Comments on Action on Plan B in Olympia http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia Sen. Karen Keiser (D-33, Kent) unveiled a bill yesterday on the first day of the legislative session that would require pharmacies to show that they've filled all legal prescriptions that physicians requested for their patients in order to maintain state certification as a pharmacy. In other words: If a pharmacy doesn't want you to get Plan B, they don't get to be a pharmacy. Beginning January 1, 2009, a pharmacy owner must file with the department an annual declaration that it has complied with its duty to timely dispense all legally prescribed drugs and devices or the therapeutic equivalent in... Copyright 2008 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:34:07 -0800 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:20:21 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gitai Sweet! Props to smart legislators.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899480 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899480 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:54:26 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Totally sweet! Props!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899489 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899489 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:58:46 -0800 Comment by genevieve Very smart (and sensible) to get the legal argument out of the personal arena. It's about service and professional responsibility, not personal belief.

]]> genevieve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899502 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899502 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:03:26 -0800 Comment by Maggie woo hoo!

]]> Maggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899509 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899509 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:07:40 -0800 Comment by *gong* Wait ... I wouldn't exactly call this a victory. According to those words, you have to have a physician's referral or prescription. According to this, if you don't have those, the pharmacy could still deny you.

]]> *gong* http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899520 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899520 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:20:25 -0800 Comment by fs I'm with #5, it isn't really a victory. I've taken Plan B about 4 times and none of those were a physician's prescription. All I did was walk in (after searching all over for someone who offered it) and ask for it. I filled out a questionnaire and they gave it to me. No doctors involved. So the pharmacy could still deny it as long as it wasn't at the request of a physician

]]> fs http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899537 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899537 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:39:23 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Oh, darn. Good points, @5 and @6. Missed that.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899550 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899550 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:49:07 -0800 Comment by kk I can't believe the federal suit will go anywhere. If a pharmacist can deny Plan B on religious grounds, then a fundamentalist landlord would be able to deny an apartment to a cohabiting ("fornicating") couple. Been there, done that, sorry, the landlord loses. Or a Muslim taxi driver could refuse to pick up a priest with a bottle of sacramental wine (also generally seen as not permissible). A fundamentalist court reporter could refuse to record an oath. We would basically have a general strike at the hands of holders of government monopolies (such as pharmacist and taxi licenses). I don't think we're ready to dismantle all of our anti-discrimination laws just yet--or are we?

]]> kk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899569 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899569 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:13:58 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I think any pharmacy that sells spaghetti should be closed down, on the grounds that they are idolators of the Spaghetti Monster, and thus offensive in his invisible eyes.

I volunteer to confiscate the spaghetti and use it appropriately in religious services, provided someone else brings the meatballs.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899582 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899582 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:24:35 -0800 Comment by Y.F. Amen Brother William and please pass the bread sticks.

]]> Y.F. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899638 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899638 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:09:13 -0800 Comment by Epimetheus What #5 & #6 said, you don't have to have a prescription in Washington, getting one would take time (and time kind of important with "Plan-B") and unneeded expense. Sounds a a little like a cheap political gesture. I wonder what declaration,
a pharmacy owner must file with the department an annual declaration that it has complied with its duty to timely dispense all legally prescribed...
really means? What if they lie? But then Martha Stewart went to prison (and Scooter didn't) for lying, rather than the actual stock trade (or treason)


Still I suppose this could be useful, I wonder what the shelf life of "Plan-B" is?, I people who plan ahead could get a prescription during a regular exam then go to (at their convenience) pharmacies that have prick Pharmacists just to screw with them.


]]> Epimetheus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899701 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899701 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:29:08 -0800 Comment by what goes around comes around I've seen this technique before: we're not discriminating against homosexuals, we're simply banning anal and oral sex.

]]> what goes around comes around http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899909 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c899909 News Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:59:02 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @12 - what does that have to do with pharmacies selling spaghetti and thereby defaming Our Invisible Friend?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c900020 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/action_on_plan_b_in_olympia#c900020 News Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:20:21 -0800