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day, try to get to the store before 6pm. The busier the store is, the better your chances are of having two or even three pharmacists working at that time instead of just one. Again, ask if the pharmacist will have a problem filling your contraceptive prescription before handing over your slip. There have been several cases, detailed in recent news stories, where a pro-life pharmacist not only refused to fill the customer’s prescription, but also wouldn’t release it back to her to have it filled at another location. You don’t want that happening to you on a busy evening, possibly on a Friday, when your doctor won’t be available until Monday. Don’t hand the slip over until you get an answer that satisfies you; namely, that your prescription will be filled without any problems. Strategy #5 - Avoid relying on just one source for emergency contraception, birth control pills or other contraceptive methods. There’s always a risk when you put all of your proverbial "eggs" in one basket, pun intended. Specifically, pharmacies can suddenly change their policy from pro-choice to pro-life, or a clinic you relied on for years is about to be shut down. You don’t want to be left without a way to get your contraceptive needs taken care of. Find out which other pharmacies or women’s clinics dispense contraception, and keep names, addresses and phone numbers of each location in your address book. When you have two or three choices available, it isn’t a disaster if one of those options is eliminated for any reason. Despite the courageous moves of pro-choice governors in several states to file bills requiring pharmacists to fill prescriptions for those of us who want to avoid getting pregnant, it is clear that some are going to refuse, regardless of the consequences or penalties involved. Pharmacists For Life, headed by President Karen Brauer, is encouraging their members to ignore these bills, stating their right to deny contraception on religious or moral grounds trumps that of the customer – you and me – to obtain it. To date, three pro-life pharmacists in Illinois have filed lawsuits against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, citing that his bill has denied them the right to "exercise their conscience" in the matter of contraception prescriptions. Whether those suits will be settled in favor of the Governor or the pharmacists is anyone’s guess at this point. Until some resolution or compromise is reached that will make both sides happy, we owe it to ourselves to utilize strategies that will work best for us. After all, they aren’t the ones that could end up with an unwanted pregnancy if or when they choose to let us down. We are. AUTHOR: Susan Levine  TAGS: Opinion US war government BOOKMARK: Digg it | Add to Del.ICIO | Add to FARK ACTIONS: Comment Save Print Register free acount  |
