Victory Against Wal-Mart!

National Organization for Women Press Release

On 3/3/05, Wal-Mart did the right thing and reversed its discriminatory policy against stocking the “morning-after pill!” Beginning on March 20th, Wal-Mart will start filling women’s prescriptions for the morning-after pill in pharmacies across the country.

While this decision is a major step forward for women’s health, Wal-Mart has made it clear that it will allow for a “pharmacist refusal policy” which will enable anti-choice pharmacists to refuse to fill a woman’s prescription based on their own moral, religious or political ideology.

The National Organization for Women Orlando Chapter opposes pharmacist refusal policies and will continue to advocate for over-the-counter emergency contraception as the drug is known to be very safe and requiring a prescription creates an undue burden on a woman trying to avoid an unwanted pregnancy.

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