So much has been going on that I just haven't had time to digest all of the delicious news morsels until Sunday morning with the wife and kids in bed (sounds like a Bernie Taupin lyric)...
The "Plan B" Debacle:
Until the NeoCon-cum-Nazi regime in Washington is overthrown by coalition forces, it seems that "Plan B" will remain a prescription-only drug. Well then, until such a time as that occurs, there needs to be a blanket state law enacted here in Illinois requiring pharmacies to dispense ANY duly prescribed medication upon demand. Walmart simply refuses to stock "Plan B." That's abhorrent. Even if the overwhelming majority of its self-loathing, American Idiot Nation customers wouldn't dream of using the drug, Walmart has used its "economies of scale" to put pretty much every small-town America pharmacy out of business. So even if a poor unfortunate should be raped and in need of the drug in Pulaski County, she may have to drive all the way to Bloomington to find a pharmacy willing to fill her emergency prescription.
If that's not bad enough, now Target is using a twisted reading of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights law to allow individual pharmacists in its employ to refuse to fill "Plan B."
I am already in email contact with my state representative and senator to nip this idiotic, wrong-headed, and professionally irresponsible corporate policy in the bud. I am reminding my elected officials that pharmacists and pharmacies are LICENSED by the state, and the state has the primary responsibility to PROTECT the health and welfare of its citizens.
You might want to remind your representative/senator of their responsibilities as well. Here is a link to a search engine that will lead you to names and addresses of members of the Illinois legislature.
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