Hmmm, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11391926/ I think that the real point is made right here "The Board of Pharmacy unanimously voted because under Massachusetts state law the pharmacies are required to stock medications that are commonly prescribed and needed by the community." But, what if Taxachusetts didnt' have this law? Should then a pharmacy be required to sell all drugs?
[quote:94923d7437]There‘s no way in the world that a corporation that‘s licensed by the state of Massachusetts to provide pharmacy services has the right to pick and choose what kinds of drugs, in violation of state regulations, it can do. [/quote:94923d7437] This is the key quote. The situation falls under the prerequisites for licencing a pharmacy. If Wal-Mart wants to have a pharmacy in it, then it must oblige by the licencing regulations. If not, its licence should be revoked. And what is that BS about the emergency pill not saving lives? Pregnancy flares up Lupus Systemicus Erythematosus. Women with heart valve problems were completely forbidden from having children in the old days and now they should only get pregnant after getting the health balanced up. If Andrea Yates had taken a pair and didn't get pregnant to her fifth child, then she wouldn't have gotten psychosis of gestation and she wouldn't have killed her five children.
About the point made. It would be a matter of market forces at work. At least one pharmacy would sell the morning after pill, women wouldn't go to Wal Mart in the first place, or they would go and get other methods of contraception that are more reliable, such as subcutaneous contraceptives.
Yes, but do you think that Walmart should have the right to not sell certain drugs, without the Mass law?
[quote:3032b45e3c="Saccharissa"]. At least one pharmacy would sell the morning after pill, women wouldn't go to Wal Mart in the first place, or they would go and get other methods of contraception that are more reliable, such as subcutaneous contraceptives.[/quote:3032b45e3c] Unless the only pharmacy she can get to is in Walmart. If she is in a position where she needs to get the morning after pill, she doesn't have much time to go shopping around. Walmart is a huge supermarket chain (ASDA in the UK) that is known for putting other local shops out of business. It would also probably be open for longer hours than smaller local pharmacies.
The rules are simple. If the licencing laws require a pharmacy to be stocked with medications that are needed immediately (I'm not saying every pharmacy should be stocked with D-penicillamine for instance, which is a very highly specialised drug) and since the morning after pill falls into that category, WalMart must bite the bullet and become the OB-Gyns' bitches like law requires them to be. Marcia, I wish women were more informed on the kinds of contraceptive measures there are. The morning after pill can be a hazard to the health if used as "regular" contraception. There are many hormone-containing medicaments out there that provide safe contraception.
I think this is similar to this debate: http://www.terrypratchettbooks.org/fortopic214.html and my views on this are pretty much the same - no Walmart should not be allowed to withhold medication on their own whims or beliefs, unless they want to give up pharmacy trade all together.
