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Roland99

(53,345 posts)
Sun May 22, 2022, 06:41 PM May 2022

Must-read thread. The battle women face. It's only going to get worse




This morning, in a FB group I’m in, a woman told us she is having a miscarriage. Her doctor prescribed misoprostol to help her complete the miscarriage. The doctor had to spend 30 minutes explaining to a Walgreens pharmacist that she wasn’t having an abortion

The first round of misoprostol didn’t work. The doctor calls in another round, and she heads to the pharmacy to pick it up. After waiting 20 minutes, she is told by the pharmacist that they’ve talked to colleagues and the corporate office, and have decided not to fill it.
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Must-read thread. The battle women face. It's only going to get worse (Original Post) Roland99 May 2022 OP
This is where we are headed. Haggis 4 Breakfast May 2022 #1
I was going to ask what state, barbtries May 2022 #2
This BS happened at Walgreens before Freddie May 2022 #3
Furious and disgusted KNR. niyad May 2022 #4
This is truly scary. spicysista May 2022 #5

Haggis 4 Breakfast

(1,456 posts)
1. This is where we are headed.
Sun May 22, 2022, 07:04 PM
May 2022

Pencil-pushing corporate desk jockeys can now over-ride DOCTORS and make decisions that negate what DOCTORS know to be in the best interests of the woman experiencing a medical crisis.

barbtries

(29,815 posts)
2. I was going to ask what state,
Sun May 22, 2022, 07:09 PM
May 2022

but then I saw the screen name. It seems as if TX is where women go to die and be treated like less than humans. I really hope this victim can get a lawyer, bring a lawsuit, and get rich off these motherfucking holier than thou bastards!

:screaming:

Freddie

(9,702 posts)
3. This BS happened at Walgreens before
Sun May 22, 2022, 07:38 PM
May 2022

Pharmacist refused to fill a prescription under the exact same circumstances and they were not fired or even disciplined. Apparently Walgreens cares more about pharmacists’ “morals” than peoples health.
I have not entered a Walgreens since that incident some years ago. Women should organize a nationwide boycott. Transfer your prescriptions and tell them why.

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