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Keep Contraceptives on Drugstore Shelves
Target: Bobby Ison, Chair of the Virginia Board of Pharmacy
Sponsored by: Care2
Sponsored by: Care2
A disturbing trend has begun. "Pro-life" drugstores, which do not stock contraceptives like condoms, birth control pills or the morning after pill, are popping up across the nation.
A full 98 percent of women of reproductive age who have had intercourse have used a contraceptive. By not stocking contraceptives, these "pro-life" pharmacies are denying virtually all of their female customers items they turn to for reproductive health.
The scariest part is that these drug stores could fuel a trend that could deprive entire regions of basic contraception.
Virginia has no stocking regulations, allowing one "pro-life" drugstore, DMC Pharmacy, to keep contraceptives off the shelves. If the Virginia Board of Pharmacy enacted stocking regulations, it would send a message to legislative bodies across the nation. Tell the Virginia Board of Pharmacy that drugstores in its state have a duty to stock basic health care products.
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# 9,000:
10:22 am PDT, Aug 21,
Peter Butterworth, California
why not just eliminate the vote for women? maybe return to the jim crow laws? hey, what's wrong with slavery? any attempt to tell someone what to do with their body is an attempt to return to an america of the 1850's. we know now how important the constitution is and it msut be accepted to have our democracy healthy with a chance to survive the into the future.
why not just eliminate the vote for women? maybe return to the jim crow laws? hey, what's wrong with slavery? any attempt to tell someone what to do with their body is an attempt to return to an america of the 1850's. we know now how important the constitution is and it msut be accepted to have our democracy healthy with a chance to survive the into the future.
# 8,999:
10:15 am PDT, Aug 21,
Name not displayed, California
# 8,997:
9:38 am PDT, Aug 21,
William Achnitz, New York
# 8,996:
9:04 am PDT, Aug 21,
Sean Starke, Texas
# 8,995:
8:33 am PDT, Aug 21,
Jennifer Lock, Minnesota
# 8,994:
8:25 am PDT, Aug 21,
Lou Spector, Virginia
# 8,993:
8:12 am PDT, Aug 21,
Stacy Mcgrath, Indiana
# 8,992:
8:06 am PDT, Aug 21,
Megan Kuhl-Stennes, Minnesota
# 8,991:
7:40 am PDT, Aug 21,
Stacey Lightfoot, Virginia
# 8,990:
6:30 am PDT, Aug 21,
Amy Lamont, Arkansas
# 8,989:
11:12 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Valerie Dotson, Montana
I am not in favor of abortions... but just like condoms; the pill, patch, shot, implant, ect, are all forms of birth control! I am more disturbed by the 20+ classmates, that when I graduated from my high school in '06, were either expecting or already parents! This is my body, and my choice. Keep your laws off of it.
I am not in favor of abortions... but just like condoms; the pill, patch, shot, implant, ect, are all forms of birth control! I am more disturbed by the 20+ classmates, that when I graduated from my high school in '06, were either expecting or already parents! This is my body, and my choice. Keep your laws off of it.
# 8,988:
9:52 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Patricia Loke, Ohio
# 8,987:
9:19 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Roseanna Marotta, Nevada
What are these people thinking? We are not a third world country. Birth control should be a woman's choice. These Pharmacy's and drugstores should do their jobs and fill the prescription and go about there job. They could easily lose a customer, but to lose many is far worse then just one.
What are these people thinking? We are not a third world country. Birth control should be a woman's choice. These Pharmacy's and drugstores should do their jobs and fill the prescription and go about there job. They could easily lose a customer, but to lose many is far worse then just one.
# 8,986:
8:35 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Carla Cicchi, California
No government or drug store/pharmacy should decide if one can use contraceptives or not. It is a personal choice and a responsible action that each human must decide for themselves.
No government or drug store/pharmacy should decide if one can use contraceptives or not. It is a personal choice and a responsible action that each human must decide for themselves.
# 8,985:
8:26 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Michelle McPherson, Ohio
yes let us continue to have babies that no one wants just in the name sake of God do you think God wants teenagers have babies that cant take care of them
yes let us continue to have babies that no one wants just in the name sake of God do you think God wants teenagers have babies that cant take care of them
# 8,984:
8:01 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Susan Brittain, Nebraska
# 8,983:
7:46 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Jennifer Williams, Missouri
I'm not sexually active, but the thought of not being abled aquire contraceptives if I needed them is very scary.
I'm not sexually active, but the thought of not being abled aquire contraceptives if I needed them is very scary.
# 8,982:
7:01 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Helen Monet, Ohio
I am outraged that we would allow a pharmacy to impose their moral choices on all. Have we not learned any thing from the years when people (specifically women) had no choice! Do we refuse to evolve???
I am outraged that we would allow a pharmacy to impose their moral choices on all. Have we not learned any thing from the years when people (specifically women) had no choice! Do we refuse to evolve???
# 8,981:
6:47 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Aliya Riddle, Ohio
# 8,980:
6:10 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Katie Boyle, Florida
# 8,979:
6:01 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Donna Denoncourt, Massachusetts
# 8,978:
5:18 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Rosa Malagisi, Virginia
# 8,977:
5:17 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Mary Mullavey, New Hampshire
# 8,976:
4:23 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Sofia De Lama, Illinois
# 8,975:
4:20 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Esta Weiss, Texas
# 8,974:
3:55 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Marjorie Knowles, Nevada
# 8,973:
3:48 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Kelly Kirby, New Mexico
# 8,972:
2:14 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Abra Rider, California
# 8,971:
1:37 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Tracy O'Rourke, Ohio
Denying a person the opportunity to purchase contraceptives at their pharmacy also denies them the right to protect their own health.
Denying a person the opportunity to purchase contraceptives at their pharmacy also denies them the right to protect their own health.
# 8,970:
1:33 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Nichole Crosson, Michigan
# 8,969:
12:43 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 8,968:
12:20 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Alan Brockway, South Dakota
# 8,967:
12:14 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Name not displayed, California
# 8,966:
11:52 am PDT, Aug 20,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 8,965:
10:10 am PDT, Aug 20,
Veronica C, Illinois
# 8,964:
10:08 am PDT, Aug 20,
Rachel Hoffman, Missouri
Please help to help unplanned pregnancies low by providing available contraceptives!
Please help to help unplanned pregnancies low by providing available contraceptives!
# 8,963:
9:38 am PDT, Aug 20,
ANY RODRIGUEZ, New York
# 8,962:
9:13 am PDT, Aug 20,
Eric Lorback, New York
# 8,961:
8:59 am PDT, Aug 20,
Brooke Mitchell, Canada
# 8,960:
8:28 am PDT, Aug 20,
Shari Heinlein, Colorado
# 8,959:
6:11 am PDT, Aug 20,
Cynthia Kuenzi, Wisconsin
# 8,958:
5:02 am PDT, Aug 20,
Elizabeth Osborn, Indiana
# 8,957:
4:56 am PDT, Aug 20,
Michael Robinson, Virginia
# 8,956:
4:15 am PDT, Aug 20,
Alisha Holland, Montana
Safe sex is a right.
Safe sex is a right.
# 8,955:
4:09 am PDT, Aug 20,
Polly MacDavid, New York
# 8,954:
3:24 am PDT, Aug 20,
Peggy McCann, North Carolina
This is not just a matter of rights for women, but averting the potential suffering of potential children who were brought into a world unwanted, and would possibly suffer neglect or worse. Lack of contraception would also mean that the abortion rate would go up, and as a pro life woman I find that horrifying.
This is not just a matter of rights for women, but averting the potential suffering of potential children who were brought into a world unwanted, and would possibly suffer neglect or worse. Lack of contraception would also mean that the abortion rate would go up, and as a pro life woman I find that horrifying.
# 8,953:
3:17 am PDT, Aug 20,
Rita Chambers, New York
# 8,952:
2:39 am PDT, Aug 20,
David J. Perez, Massachusetts
# 8,951:
10:54 pm PDT, Aug 19,
Debbie Palermo, Kansas