Definitely not something new here, but something of importance nonetheless.
An alarming trend has been making news recently. It's nothing new; in fact, it's been going on for years. We're talking about the Pharmacists' Refusal Clause—referred to by its anti-choice advocates as a conscience clause—which allows pharmacists to refuse to fill certain prescriptions because of their own "moral objections" to the medication. Only a handful of states have passed refusal clause legislation specific to pharmacists, but more and more state legislatures are considering adding it, an effort that the majority of people living in the U.S. oppose.

Speaking from experience, this is one of the most outrageous things I've ever heard of or have had happen to me. I once had a pharmacist in Savannah deny me my birth control (I got it elsewhere), and I think he thought he was doing me a favor. Yeah, thanks a lot Pharmacist Dan. I can barely pay my bills, and I still live with my parents, and the father of my baby lives 1,000 miles away. But at least I didn't have to take that evil pill of death!


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