Slog - Comments on Bad News for Plan B Prescriptions?

Comment by Y.F.

Y.F. — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:30:30 -0800

Order it from an online pharmacy ahead of time.

http://www.drugstore.com/search/search_results.asp?N=0&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&Ntk=All&srchtree=1&Ntt=Plan+B&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

Comment by blank12357

blank12357 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:32:08 -0800

Keep us posted. The injunction that halted the Pharmacy Board's rules was a crass insertion of religion into public policy, and its going to be really tough to get the 9th circuit to overturn it. I don't know that people really understand how successful religious conservatives have been at gaining the power to base medical decisions on their religious beliefs.

Comment by Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:35:32 -0800

Does anyone know of a pharmacy in the Puget Sound area that hasn't honored these prescriptions? It's probably naive of me, but I wouldn't have guessed that it's an issue here. Where I was born, yes. But in the liberal NW?

Comment by louley

louley — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:41:36 -0800

Dudes. The bill only applies to *prescriptions* for Plan B.

Currently, Plan B is an over-the-counter drug -or- does not require a prescription. This ruling will have no effect on the dilemma at hand: Pharmacies refusing the pill to women coming in to pick up a legal drug.

Comment by blank12357

blank12357 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:58:44 -0800

@4 The pharmacy that filed for an exception from the Pharmacy Board rules, resulting in the injunction, is based in Olympia. It's part of Stormans, Inc. who run a couple of Thriftways.

http://www.stormans.com/

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/westernwashington/ruling-limiting-access-to-medicine-is-appealed.htm

Comment by incomplete thought

incomplete thought — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:16:04 -0800

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And ... ?