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Walgreens Pharmacist Denies Woman Miscarriage Drug Over Personal Morals
This pharmacist should be outright fired!!! It's not his call to supersede the doctor's prescription for this woman. He needs to find another job away from the public. There is way too much bullshit like this in this country.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/walgreens-pharmacist-denies-woman-miscarriage-185042500.html
After receiving word that her unborn baby no longer had a heartbeat, it was hard to imagine how things could get worse for Nicole Arteaga, until they did.
The Arizona mother is speaking out after she said a Walgreens pharmacist refused to provide her with a prescription drug that would help her miscarry her deceased fetus, telling her that providing it would violate his personal beliefs. The company said on Sunday it is investigating the incident.
“I experienced something no women should ever have to go [through], especially under these circumstances,” Arteaga posted on Facebook Friday.
The 35-year-old said the pharmacist’s refusal at a Walgreens location in Peoria, Arizona, on Thursday came one day after her doctor informed her during a 10-week pregnancy checkup that her baby no longer had a heartbeat and had stopped developing, she told The Arizona Republic.
The Arizona mother is speaking out after she said a Walgreens pharmacist refused to provide her with a prescription drug that would help her miscarry her deceased fetus, telling her that providing it would violate his personal beliefs. The company said on Sunday it is investigating the incident.
“I experienced something no women should ever have to go [through], especially under these circumstances,” Arteaga posted on Facebook Friday.
The 35-year-old said the pharmacist’s refusal at a Walgreens location in Peoria, Arizona, on Thursday came one day after her doctor informed her during a 10-week pregnancy checkup that her baby no longer had a heartbeat and had stopped developing, she told The Arizona Republic.
