![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Borrowed from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rockahulababy
Aug. 17th, 2006 07:18 pmhttp://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--emergencycontrace0815aug15,0,183003.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
NYCLU files complaints against pharmacists
August 15, 2006, 5:50 PM EDT
BY JESSICA PASKO Associated Press Writer
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The New York Civil Liberties Union filed complaints Tuesday against three upstate pharmacists, saying they refused to fill prescriptions for refill doses of emergency contraception.
( Read more... )
This just blew me away:
Ashelman-Owen spoke to Weaver's supervisor, Barcomb, who allegedly said that in her opinion, women who needed emergency contraception were "irresponsible" and obtaining the drug should be inconvenient for women and their doctors. According to the organization's filings, Barcomb allegedly defended Weaver's right to refuse to fill the prescription because he felt that refills were "a bad idea."
Am I the only one who remembers reading that bit about letting those who have not sinned throw the first stone?
It's NOT your decision whether or not women are being "irresponsible". It's not your decision to make things as inconvenient as possible to punish the women for enjoying their sexuality.
DV
NYCLU files complaints against pharmacists
August 15, 2006, 5:50 PM EDT
BY JESSICA PASKO Associated Press Writer
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The New York Civil Liberties Union filed complaints Tuesday against three upstate pharmacists, saying they refused to fill prescriptions for refill doses of emergency contraception.
( Read more... )
This just blew me away:
Ashelman-Owen spoke to Weaver's supervisor, Barcomb, who allegedly said that in her opinion, women who needed emergency contraception were "irresponsible" and obtaining the drug should be inconvenient for women and their doctors. According to the organization's filings, Barcomb allegedly defended Weaver's right to refuse to fill the prescription because he felt that refills were "a bad idea."
Am I the only one who remembers reading that bit about letting those who have not sinned throw the first stone?
It's NOT your decision whether or not women are being "irresponsible". It's not your decision to make things as inconvenient as possible to punish the women for enjoying their sexuality.
DV
