CVS Policy Supports Women

[FizzFuzz]

I just posted this in GD, but it seemed a good idea to post it here too.

Let's all go to CVS! Yay!

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Planned Parenthood For America has been urging major pharmacies to dispense legal medication, not moral grandstanding.

The latest PPFA update contains CVS's letter to Karen Pearl, PPFA's interim President. (Its a pdf file; seems I can't copy and paste)

One quote is this: "CVS dispenses all lawfull medications. In particular, CVS pharmacies fill prescriptions for all lawful, valid birth control medications, including emergency contraceptives."

Here's the link to the pdf
http://www.saveroe.com/media/104_cvsmay2005fax.pdf

Here's PPFA's "Fill My Pills Now" Campaign site and action opportunities. CVS's link is there (click "How Did My Pharmacy Score", then "CVS gets PPFA Thumbs Up")http://www.saveroe.com/fillmypillsnow/scored.php

Fight this lousy Administration, which relies on Destroying Women's Right to a productive, free life as one of it's pillars of power. Links to join PPFA and to donate are on the left of saveroe.com link above.

Thank you all,
Fizz

[Chico Man]

1. Another good Rhode Island based company (nt)

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Great post! thanks for the info. I will be sharing it with my friends.

[Baltimore]

7. Illinois policy

I don't think we have CVS pharmacies in Illinois. Our Governor has made it AGAINST THE LAW to refuse a woman her birth control pills. Three pharmacists are suing him, he's suing their pharmacies right back.

[Chico Man]

3. By the way, you can cut-and-paste from a PDF

Just hit the "select tool" button in the toolbar and it will let you highlight and copy text.

[beam me up scottie]

4. Thanks.

Makes me really glad I switched my other prescriptions to them already. In the buy-bull belt you can never tell what's behind the white coat. Ask me sometime about the first GP I had when I moved here, I'm still pissed off about it... :mad:

[CBHagman]

5. Thanks for telling me!

I will be sure to keep that in mind when I am shopping.

Any word on what RiteAid's stance is on the morning-after pill?

[FizzFuzz]

6. yeah. Rite Aid is on the bad guy's list

I honestly didn't go read the details, but on PPFA's page, I saw that they were on the stupid regressive religious ideology is more important than the lives of women list.

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[WildClarySage]

8. When I told my CVS pharmacist that I applauded their policy on this issue

he and the techs behind the counter just looked at me like I was crazy and had no idea what I was talking about. Which was especially odd considering that the pharmacist there is also a repuke state legislator.

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[Iris]

11. Thanks for the info.

My husband has a perscription he fills every month (not bc!) and we were thinking of transferring it to a new Walgreens that is supposed to open in our town, but I think we'll stick with Eckerds or CVS.