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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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# 9,150:
11:16 am PDT, Sep 3,
Joe Ellenbecker, Wisconsin
# 9,149:
7:46 am PDT, Sep 3,
Marcie Lawrence, Washington D.C.
# 9,148:
9:44 pm PDT, Sep 2,
Name not displayed, California
Save our rights.
Save our rights.
# 9,147:
8:10 pm PDT, Sep 2,
Elisa Minakis, Canada
# 9,146:
7:51 pm PDT, Sep 2,
Ray Garrett, California
If you don't believe in birth control, DON'T use it!!!!
If you don't believe in birth control, DON'T use it!!!!
# 9,145:
7:38 pm PDT, Sep 2,
Clyde Burton, California
# 9,144:
11:23 am PDT, Sep 2,
Marilyn Chappell, Texas
# 9,143:
11:16 am PDT, Sep 2,
Tiffany Boogey, Ohio
# 9,142:
11:54 pm PDT, Sep 1,
Pete Conrads, Ohio
# 9,141:
8:49 pm PDT, Sep 1,
Rachel Hinton, New York
# 9,140:
7:38 pm PDT, Sep 1,
H Saunders, Illinois
# 9,139:
11:34 am PDT, Sep 1,
Erica Kenworthy, California
# 9,138:
10:17 am PDT, Sep 1,
Evan Francis, California
# 9,137:
8:48 am PDT, Sep 1,
Jonathan Katz, Kansas
# 9,136:
6:15 am PDT, Sep 1,
Lorrie Hargis, France
All women have the right to chose any kind of birth control that would like. Also with the epidemic of AIDS and STD's it is only intelligent to be using condoms. What are these pharmacies for? It's not pro life , it's pro dangerous for all women to not have birth control available. Lorrie Hargis Mother of 4 and a woman who believes in Freedom of choice!
All women have the right to chose any kind of birth control that would like. Also with the epidemic of AIDS and STD's it is only intelligent to be using condoms. What are these pharmacies for? It's not pro life , it's pro dangerous for all women to not have birth control available. Lorrie Hargis Mother of 4 and a woman who believes in Freedom of choice!
# 9,135:
7:47 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Margaret Murray-Bradshaw, Illinois
"Birth control pills" are not just for birth control. They also control endometriosis, a common and extremely painful condition in which menstral lining builds up outside the uterus and bleeds during menstruation - essentially creating internal bleeding. Without the birth control pill, millions of women with endometriosis would be incapacitated several days per month, unable to work or care for their families. Without this pill, the economy would suffer from lost productivity from these women. No matter what your moral stand is on The Pill's use for birth control, remember the real health need for The Pill by even sexually-abstinent women who suffer with endometriosis.
"Birth control pills" are not just for birth control. They also control endometriosis, a common and extremely painful condition in which menstral lining builds up outside the uterus and bleeds during menstruation - essentially creating internal bleeding. Without the birth control pill, millions of women with endometriosis would be incapacitated several days per month, unable to work or care for their families. Without this pill, the economy would suffer from lost productivity from these women. No matter what your moral stand is on The Pill's use for birth control, remember the real health need for The Pill by even sexually-abstinent women who suffer with endometriosis.
# 9,134:
5:05 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Michael Donnell, Oregon
# 9,133:
3:39 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Catherine Strout, Michigan
# 9,132:
2:40 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Sarah Ovink, California
# 9,131:
8:13 am PDT, Aug 31,
Judith Herbert, Ohio
# 9,130:
1:22 am PDT, Aug 31,
MARK SALAMON, Massachusetts
# 9,129:
8:17 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Cheryl Duffy, Ohio
# 9,128:
5:26 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Katie Pollak, Florida
# 9,127:
2:05 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Deborah Latham-White, Ohio
# 9,126:
1:09 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Barbara Hicks, Florida
# 9,125:
9:04 am PDT, Aug 30,
Rhiyana Pineau, Georgia
# 9,124:
7:09 am PDT, Aug 30,
Janice Bergeron, Connecticut
# 9,123:
4:58 am PDT, Aug 30,
Erika Louis Onsager, Virginia
The importance of using condons to help prevent the spread of HIV/Aids is the ultimate reason to stop this trend. The "just say no" and abstinance route are not working and will never work as long as there are genders with hormones and testesterones.
The importance of using condons to help prevent the spread of HIV/Aids is the ultimate reason to stop this trend. The "just say no" and abstinance route are not working and will never work as long as there are genders with hormones and testesterones.
# 9,122:
2:37 am PDT, Aug 30,
Name not displayed, New York
# 9,121:
5:31 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Mary Tidwell, Tennessee
all pharmacies need to carry contraceptives--we need to keep the population down until people can actually get an education and/or the finances to raise children in the first place
all pharmacies need to carry contraceptives--we need to keep the population down until people can actually get an education and/or the finances to raise children in the first place
# 9,120:
1:38 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Jessica Miller, Florida
Unacceptable!
Unacceptable!
# 9,119:
10:34 am PDT, Aug 29,
Carmen Devito, New York
As a working mother, contraceptives have helped me to have control over my reproductive health and life. Do not deny the same right to other women and families, especially in these economically challenging times.
As a working mother, contraceptives have helped me to have control over my reproductive health and life. Do not deny the same right to other women and families, especially in these economically challenging times.
# 9,118:
7:20 am PDT, Aug 29,
Christina Zeman, Arizona
If Pharmacy are taking on a "prolife" role then they are segregating their clientale and eventually will loose business. I should know, they've already lost mine. I don't believe that any Pharmacy should have the right to not provide any medication based on internal beliefs.
If Pharmacy are taking on a "prolife" role then they are segregating their clientale and eventually will loose business. I should know, they've already lost mine. I don't believe that any Pharmacy should have the right to not provide any medication based on internal beliefs.
# 9,117:
6:40 am PDT, Aug 29,
Ma paula Del valle, Argentina
Sounds like we are still in STONE AGE!
Sounds like we are still in STONE AGE!
# 9,116:
10:54 pm PDT, Aug 28,
Rhonda Maxey, Oklahoma
This is discrimination. Why would anyone be allowed to do this. We can't fire someone based on race, creed, sex, color. Maybe your right to birth control should be included.
This is discrimination. Why would anyone be allowed to do this. We can't fire someone based on race, creed, sex, color. Maybe your right to birth control should be included.
# 9,115:
9:46 pm PDT, Aug 28,
Karen Campbell, California
# 9,114:
4:00 pm PDT, Aug 28,
Lara Johnson, Colorado
# 9,113:
11:33 am PDT, Aug 28,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 9,112:
10:54 am PDT, Aug 28,
Deborah Greymoon, Colorado
# 9,111:
8:26 am PDT, Aug 28,
Holly Sullivan, California
# 9,110:
6:59 am PDT, Aug 28,
Name not displayed, Illinois
# 9,109:
4:24 am PDT, Aug 28,
Jeremiah Ward, Florida
# 9,108:
3:42 am PDT, Aug 28,
Sharon Fullen, Nevada
# 9,107:
8:30 pm PDT, Aug 27,
K R Heywood, New Hampshire
# 9,106:
7:30 pm PDT, Aug 27,
Catherine Argyros, Pennsylvania
# 9,105:
4:45 pm PDT, Aug 27,
Kirsten Woodcock, California
# 9,104:
2:33 pm PDT, Aug 27,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 9,103:
1:46 pm PDT, Aug 27,
Name not displayed, New York
# 9,102:
1:27 pm PDT, Aug 27,
Sandi Brown, California
# 9,101:
1:20 pm PDT, Aug 27,
Leanne Burns, California