Planned Parenthood Activists Nationwide Get Wal-Mart to Change Its Birth Control Policy...

[babylonsister]

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/news-articles-press/politics-policy-issues/walmart-policy-13564.htm

Planned Parenthood Activists Nationwide Get Wal-Mart to Change Its Birth Control Policy at Pharmacies: Emergency Contraception Will Be Stocked and Dispensed Without Discrimination or Delay

Planned Parenthood’s “Fill My Pills Now” and “Pill Patrol” Campaigns Claim Another Victory for Women’s Health and Safety — and Access to Birth Control

NEW YORK CITY — In response to Planned Parenthood’s massive grassroots advocacy campaign “Fill My Pills Now,” Wal-Mart notified Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) today that it has revised its nationwide corporate policy with regard to emergency contraception. The new Wal-Mart policy ensures customers “will now receive their prescriptions or OTC products in store without discrimination (no harassment or lectures),” “without delay,” and “without judgment,” according to the Planned Parenthood survey that Wal-Mart returned to PPFA today.

“This is a huge victory for women’s health and for Planned Parenthood’s campaign for accessible birth control,” PPFA President Cecile Richards said. “We’re pleased that Wal-Mart has changed its policy to meet the real-life health care needs of women and families. Congratulations to our activists and supporters, especially our Pill Patrol, for making sure pharmacies respect and protect women’s health.

“With its new and improved policy, Wal-Mart joins other women-friendly pharmacy chains like CVS, Eckerd and Medicine Shoppe, RiteAid and Walgreens,” Richards said. “Our Planned Parenthood Pill Patrol will continue to focus on getting more major retailers to follow in Wal-Mart’s footsteps — including Target, Giant, Safeway and Winn Dixie, which have a long way to go.”

Women can always turn to Planned Parenthood for birth control — including emergency contraception — and all their reproductive health care needs. Last year, Planned Parenthood provided more than one million women with emergency contraception kits.

Birth control refusals are a disturbing trend that jeopardizes women’s health and safety. The Planned Parenthood Pill Patrol volunteers survey pharmacies about availability of emergency contraception and refusal policies.

For more information on pharmacy refusals, including a state-by-state guide to major pharmacy chains and their policies regarding access to birth control, please visit www.fillmypillsnow.org and www.plannedparenthood.org.

[xultar]

1. FUCK YEAH!!!!

[WindRavenX]

2. "without judgement"

Wow. That's great.

[Auggie]

3. Good news. But how long before their repuke customer base starts a boycott?

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

9. That customer base is suffering ARM/outsourcing fiscal malaise.

MKJ

[babylonsister]

10. The majority of the 'repuke customer base' will probably use these

pills when necessary, too.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

11. Won't happen

They're addicted to the cheap crap from China. They'd go into a fit of jonesing if they missed their Wal-Mart fix. They may balk and carry on with their fundy friends, but then they'll turn around and sneak into the store in dark glasses and a ball cap for their fix.

[Hieronymus]

4. Oh yea, imagine the uproar.

:hi:

[Cha]

5. Wow, color

me shocked!

[Megahurtz]

6. YES!!! n/t

[wicket]

7. Great news!

:kick:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

8. Wow, applause, toast and K & R!!!

:applause: :toast: :kick: MKJ

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. This makes me VERY happy

This is such great news.

[pigpickle]

13. K&R this puppy a thousand times!

[Kolesar]

14. Wal*Mart has a major PR problem

There is a sizable number of Americans who won't shop there for various reasons. They are going to have to get these issues off their collective backs or be stuck with flat or scant growth.

[grannylib]

15. Exactly right; I'm one of 'em. Haven't set foot in a WalMart in 15 years or more

and if I went twice a year before that, it was a lot...
I really do hate the places. Yeah, they're cheap, and they look cheap and they smell cheap and the cheap shit you buy there is mostly crap and yeah...
But this is really great news.

[ProgressiveAmPatriot]

16. This is a huge victory!

[Sweet Freedom]

17. Yes!!!!! This is great news. Thanks for posting it. /nt