Blog for Choice: Illinois pharmacist refuses to dispense EC, lies to woman about availability

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January 13, 2006

Illinois pharmacist refuses to dispense EC, lies to woman about availability

Figured we could all use a little break from the Alito madness. (Not that this is much better.)

A nurse in West Peoria, Illinois has filed a complaint against a Walgreen pharmacist for violating a state rule requiring pharmacies to fill EC prescriptions.

[Stephanie] Cox says in the complaint that the pharmacist told her the store did not carry Plan B and did not refer her to another pharmacy. Cox later called the pharmacy's manager and was told the store did have Plan B in stock at the time it was requested, Cox says.

A spokeswoman at Walgreen's Deerfield headquarters said the company is looking into the matter.

This goes beyond a pharmacist refusing to dispense medication--this pharmacist lied to a customer. You may remember that earlier this year an Arizona pharmacist wrote into a newspaper about the EC controversy and recommended that pharmacists simply lie to women about having EC in stock. Is this becoming a commonly-used tactic of extremist pharmacists? (As BushvChoice pointed out before, it this kind of behavior doesn’t exactly keep in line with the pharmacist code to: "respect the autonomy and dignity of each patient" and "duty to tell the truth.")

Posted by Jessica at January 13, 2006 10:37 AM

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I must remind everyone of my governor's dictate regarding this issue. He has made it clear that anyone who denies EC will be prosecuted by law.
WE still have some mavericks, but Illinois will not allow such practices to continue.

Posted by: robert at January 14, 2006 2:41 AM