More on the Target/pharmacies thing
Oct. 27th, 2005 04:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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It's a continuation of this post: http://www.livejournal.com/users/desert_vixen/107744.html
From an email from PPFA (Planned Parenthood Federation of America):
If you contacted Target about its policy, you may have received a response like this:
"Like many other retailers, Target has a policy that ensures a guest's prescription for emergency contraception is filled, whether at Target or at a different pharmacy, in a timely and respectful manner. This policy meets the health care needs of our guests while respecting the diversity of our team members."
In the last week, Target has changed its response, removing "or at a different pharmacy," from its standard reply. But, although it has taken that phrase out of the letter, as far as we can tell Target has not actually changed its policy. Currently, if a Target pharmacist refuses to fill your prescription, Target thinks it's all right to make women travel to another pharmacy to get their pills.
Sorry, Target, but this just isn't good enough. Planned Parenthood insists that pharmacies guarantee prescriptions will be filled in-store, without discrimination or delay.
We suggest Target take a look at the great policies of some of its competitors if it really cares about meeting the needs of its guests.
Good competitors include Eckerd, CVS, Costco, and KMART. Bad competitors include Rite-Aid, Target, Walgreens.
Alas! We finally know the truth about Target, and it's not good.
Target does not support a policy to have valid prescriptions for birth control, including emergency contraception, filled in-store without discrimination or delay!
We cannot stand for this.
It's time to make sure Target hears from consumers, loud and clear.
Tell Target to fill our pills — now.
OUR PLAN
Planned Parenthood executives have sent three letters to Target in an attempt to let it clarify its position. To date, it has also received more than 60,000 letters from Planned Parenthood supporters. But it's time to turn up the heat.
Planned Parenthood is in direct communication with Target executives about their inadequate policy, in an effort to help Target become a pro-women's health pharmacy.
We are in contact with the woman whose prescription was refused at the Target in Missouri and we are encouraging her to report the incident to the Missouri Board of Pharmacy.
We will continue to mobilize more than 1.5 million supporters from coast to coast to demand that women receive their pills at pharmacies across the country.
We will continue to publicize our progress on our FillMyPillsNow.org Web site, on our blog, and in the media.
I'll be happy to forward the actual email to anyone who wants to read it.
DV
It's a continuation of this post: http://www.livejournal.com/users/desert_vixen/107744.html
From an email from PPFA (Planned Parenthood Federation of America):
If you contacted Target about its policy, you may have received a response like this:
"Like many other retailers, Target has a policy that ensures a guest's prescription for emergency contraception is filled, whether at Target or at a different pharmacy, in a timely and respectful manner. This policy meets the health care needs of our guests while respecting the diversity of our team members."
In the last week, Target has changed its response, removing "or at a different pharmacy," from its standard reply. But, although it has taken that phrase out of the letter, as far as we can tell Target has not actually changed its policy. Currently, if a Target pharmacist refuses to fill your prescription, Target thinks it's all right to make women travel to another pharmacy to get their pills.
Sorry, Target, but this just isn't good enough. Planned Parenthood insists that pharmacies guarantee prescriptions will be filled in-store, without discrimination or delay.
We suggest Target take a look at the great policies of some of its competitors if it really cares about meeting the needs of its guests.
Good competitors include Eckerd, CVS, Costco, and KMART. Bad competitors include Rite-Aid, Target, Walgreens.
Alas! We finally know the truth about Target, and it's not good.
Target does not support a policy to have valid prescriptions for birth control, including emergency contraception, filled in-store without discrimination or delay!
We cannot stand for this.
It's time to make sure Target hears from consumers, loud and clear.
Tell Target to fill our pills — now.
OUR PLAN
Planned Parenthood executives have sent three letters to Target in an attempt to let it clarify its position. To date, it has also received more than 60,000 letters from Planned Parenthood supporters. But it's time to turn up the heat.
Planned Parenthood is in direct communication with Target executives about their inadequate policy, in an effort to help Target become a pro-women's health pharmacy.
We are in contact with the woman whose prescription was refused at the Target in Missouri and we are encouraging her to report the incident to the Missouri Board of Pharmacy.
We will continue to mobilize more than 1.5 million supporters from coast to coast to demand that women receive their pills at pharmacies across the country.
We will continue to publicize our progress on our FillMyPillsNow.org Web site, on our blog, and in the media.
I'll be happy to forward the actual email to anyone who wants to read it.
DV
