Pharmacy Refusals 101 - Contraception is Basic Health Care. Refusals to Dispense Contraception in the Pharmacy Remain an Issue

called back to inquire about the policy change, the Instead, the pharmacist told the individual to call owner of the pharmacy told her that birth control her provider. [...] Her physician • JULY 2022: A cashier at a Wisconsin Walgreens called in a prescription for EC to her regular refused to sell someone condoms, stating, “I won’t pharmacy, but when she went to pick it up, the because of my faith.”iii pharmacist on duty not only refused to dispense the drug, which was in stock, but also refused to enter • JANUARY 2019: Andrea Anderson, a mother of the prescription in. [...] The the pharmacy owner refused to help Anderson pharmacist refused to fill the prescription and get her medication. [...] • The laws and regulations in most states do not specifically speak to the issue of pharmacy refusals Pharmacy Refusals in the Wake of based on personal beliefs. [...] pharmacists may refuse to dispense tend to limit The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional the reasons for such a refusal to professional or right to contraception has escalated attacks on birth medical considerations—such as potentially harmful control.