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Can you believe this crap??? I sent walmart the following email (and many other pharmacies, I believe NARAL sent me the form)...
Dear Wal-Mart Pharmacies,
All over the country I have noticed a disturbing trend of pharmacies refusing to fill women's prescriptions for birth control. When a woman and her doctor decide that a prescription for contraception is in the woman's best interest, a third party has no right to override that decision. Pharmacies must ensure that patients get their doctor-prescribed medication without delay or inconvenience. I ask that your company assure me and your other customers that no woman seeking
prescription contraception will be turned away by your company's pharmacies.
No doubt a majority of your customers take for granted that women should be able to receive their birth control despite the personal beliefs of the individual pharmacist. Timely access to contraception is central to women's health, autonomy, and equality. We must trust women and their doctors to make their own reproductive health decisions.
I thank you, in advance, for protecting your customer's health by ensuring your pharmacy will guarantee women have unhindered access to their prescribed medications. Thank you for your attention and support.
And THIS is what they sent back to me!!
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for contacting us at Walmart.com regarding women?s prescriptions for birth control. Your comments and concerns are very important to us as we strive to meet your needs.
Wal-Mart does not carry emergency contraceptives. Our pharmacists may decline to fill a prescription based on personal convictions. However, they must find another pharmacist, either at Wal-Mart or another pharmacy, who can assist you by filling your prescription.
Again, we thank you for your comments regarding this issue.
Sincerely,
Customer Service at Walmart.com
What a fucking joke. What jerks. I HATE walmart- but by my own admission, I have shopped there. I'm broke, and it just sucks that I have given given them my money. Us poor folks have little choices. DAMNIT. I want to pass out flyers with this ridiculous email on it. What pharmacist has the right to limit or deny the perscription that you and your doctor have chosen?????? WHAT A JOKE! I am SO PISSED right now. If it's emergency contracpetive, like the morning after pill, time is of the essence- great that they have to find another pharmacy for you, but that takes time. GRRRR.
Dear Wal-Mart Pharmacies,
All over the country I have noticed a disturbing trend of pharmacies refusing to fill women's prescriptions for birth control. When a woman and her doctor decide that a prescription for contraception is in the woman's best interest, a third party has no right to override that decision. Pharmacies must ensure that patients get their doctor-prescribed medication without delay or inconvenience. I ask that your company assure me and your other customers that no woman seeking
prescription contraception will be turned away by your company's pharmacies.
No doubt a majority of your customers take for granted that women should be able to receive their birth control despite the personal beliefs of the individual pharmacist. Timely access to contraception is central to women's health, autonomy, and equality. We must trust women and their doctors to make their own reproductive health decisions.
I thank you, in advance, for protecting your customer's health by ensuring your pharmacy will guarantee women have unhindered access to their prescribed medications. Thank you for your attention and support.
And THIS is what they sent back to me!!
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for contacting us at Walmart.com regarding women?s prescriptions for birth control. Your comments and concerns are very important to us as we strive to meet your needs.
Wal-Mart does not carry emergency contraceptives. Our pharmacists may decline to fill a prescription based on personal convictions. However, they must find another pharmacist, either at Wal-Mart or another pharmacy, who can assist you by filling your prescription.
Again, we thank you for your comments regarding this issue.
Sincerely,
Customer Service at Walmart.com
What a fucking joke. What jerks. I HATE walmart- but by my own admission, I have shopped there. I'm broke, and it just sucks that I have given given them my money. Us poor folks have little choices. DAMNIT. I want to pass out flyers with this ridiculous email on it. What pharmacist has the right to limit or deny the perscription that you and your doctor have chosen?????? WHAT A JOKE! I am SO PISSED right now. If it's emergency contracpetive, like the morning after pill, time is of the essence- great that they have to find another pharmacy for you, but that takes time. GRRRR.