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Keep Contraceptives on Drugstore Shelves

Target: Bobby Ison, Chair of the Virginia Board of Pharmacy
Sponsored by: Care2

A disturbing trend started in late 2008. "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.

deadline: 10-31-2009
goal: 15,000

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Dear Chairperson Ison,

I am deeply concerned about the rising trend of pharmacies that do not provide contraception, including condoms, birth control pills and the morning-after pill.

Contraceptives prevent sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancies, making them vital to reproductive health. It seems virtually all women agree: 98 percent of women who are of reproductive age and have had intercourse have used a contraceptive.

However, DMC Pharmacy, a drugstore about to open in Chantilly, Virginia, is denying its customers contraceptives they choose to use.

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[Your name here]

We signed the “Keep Contraceptives on Drugstore Shelves” petition!

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9:59 pm PDT, Oct 30, Roger Panning, Ohio

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6:46 pm PDT, Oct 30, Susan Campanella, Pennsylvania

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9:16 am PDT, Oct 27, Celeste Kaisershot, Nebraska

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3:45 pm PDT, Oct 21, Patti Aker, Montana

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11:00 am PDT, Oct 18, Alejandro M Jaume, Florida

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8:59 pm PDT, Oct 17, Anthony Kossoian, California

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7:34 pm PDT, Oct 17, Ann Stickel, New York

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5:11 pm PDT, Oct 13, Carole Hagen, Oregon

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10:09 pm PDT, Oct 12, Ned Overton, New York

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5:34 am PDT, Oct 12, John Dalla, Nevada

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9:34 pm PDT, Oct 11, Dian Berger, Idaho

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3:40 pm PDT, Oct 11, Name not displayed, California

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9:08 am PDT, Oct 11, Helmut Kayan, California

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12:39 pm PDT, Oct 10, Jennifer Burke, Florida

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12:33 am PDT, Oct 10, Richard Hollister, Arizona

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7:32 pm PDT, Oct 9, Barbara Tucker, Florida

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5:01 pm PDT, Oct 7, Lauren McGlynn, JD, North Carolina

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4:14 pm PDT, Oct 7, Tony Naaman, Texas

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10:43 am PDT, Oct 6, JOHN KEGLER, California

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10:34 pm PDT, Oct 3, Natalie Morris, Washington

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3:45 am PDT, Oct 1, Michael W Evans, California

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3:02 pm PDT, Sep 30, Sarah De Sousa, Texas

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10:22 am PDT, Sep 30, Kim Loan Nguyen, California

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10:42 am PDT, Sep 29, Denise Alvera, Illinois

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1:11 pm PDT, Sep 27, Salvatore Cento, New York

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7:16 am PDT, Sep 25, Janice Sturdy, United Kingdom

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4:31 pm PDT, Sep 21, Kendra Richards, Georgia

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6:42 am PDT, Sep 17, Christine Canavan, Ohio

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5:15 pm PDT, Sep 12, Elise Behnke, California

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10:39 am PDT, Sep 12, Brad Clodfelter, Arkansas

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7:36 am PDT, Sep 11, Doncy Falvey, Colorado

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12:08 am PDT, Sep 11, Debra Bean, Maryland

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6:22 am PDT, Sep 10, David N Moore, Connecticut

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3:38 pm PDT, Sep 5, Eli Is Here, Pennsylvania

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4:11 pm PDT, Aug 28, Sarah Cole, Arkansas

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2:35 pm PDT, Aug 28, Kimberly Wyke, Maine

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12:47 pm PDT, Aug 28, Barbara Tomlinson, Washington
Besides women, gay and bisexual men also use condoms to prevent sexually-transmitted diseases; and men also, very often, do NOT want to face the prospect of fatherhood every single time they have sex with a woman, whether their wife or in another relationship! This attitude makes pregnancy, disease and abortion the PUNISHMENTS for having any sex not for reproductive purposes only! This increases misery for both men and women, gay and straight, and the misery of all those UNWANTED children born to unwilling parents. This is sheer lunacy, to allow drugstores serving the public, to get away with this!

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5:22 pm PDT, Aug 24, Selina Maeder, Wisconsin

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10:12 am PDT, Aug 21, Karol Krzywon, New Jersey

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3:58 pm PDT, Aug 17, SHARON Hyke, Iowa

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4:08 pm PDT, Aug 10, Gisel Rodriguez Vale, Puerto Rico

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2:21 pm PDT, Aug 8, Melanie Kirdasi, North Carolina

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10:13 am PDT, Aug 5, JOAN MORRIS-KNOUFF, Ohio

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8:48 am PDT, Aug 4, Denise Dunlap, Virginia

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8:05 am PDT, Aug 4, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
I think that one thing every woman and man should have the right to is the right to practice safe sex. We've had "safe sex" drilled into our head since we started hitting puberty. Being pro-life is one thing and ending abortion but this is a step into pregnancy so the only place a woman has to turn is abortion. It's silly and completely useless. Be pro-life but give women the option to protect themselves from an unwanted pregancy or STD's. Especially STD's!

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11:27 am PDT, Aug 3, Barry Spielvogel, New York

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10:10 am PDT, Aug 2, Angela Werneke, New Mexico

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10:00 pm PDT, Jul 31, Freda White, Alabama

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3:53 pm PDT, Jul 31, Tom Maxwell, California

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2:36 pm PDT, Jul 31, Amanda Riley, New Jersey
In no way do I consider these to be "basic health care items" but any logical pro-life person would accept it. Killing an unborn child is not dealing with your own body, but preventive birth control is.

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9:23 am PDT, Jul 31, Daffy McGee, California

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6:47 am PDT, Jul 31, Helen Rowan, Ohio

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12:46 pm PDT, Jul 29, Deidre Saddoris, Colorado

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1:12 am PDT, Jul 22, ROBERT STREBECK, Texas

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2:00 pm PDT, Jul 21, Jennifer Clagett, Maryland

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11:36 am PDT, Jul 20, Ciara Quinn, Florida

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