Sometimes getting emergency contraception isn’t as easy as it should be. All women 18 and over in the US have the right to get EC from a pharmacy without a prescription – but it’s up the the pharmacies whether or not they will stock it. However, a growing number of pharmacies all over the country are pledging to carry Plan B on their shelves nationwide. Among these are CVS, Eckerd, Medicine Shoppe, RiteAid, Walgreens, and now Wal-mart.
EC is available at most women’s health centers across the country, but in some states those are few and far between. These pharmacies promising to stock Plan B means that more women across the country will have access to EC, without discrimination.
Every pharmacy that agrees to stock Plan B agrees that it will be available to women 18 or over without discrimination, judgment, or delay. It also guarantees that women under the age of 18 will be able to get it, with prescription, from these places.
If your local pharmacy doesn’t stock Plan B, encourage them to do so, and at the very least make sure the pharmacy has a recommendation of a store that a woman can go to to get Plan B that is practical and easy to reach.
If you live in a large urban area, it might not seem like a big deal – if one pharmacy doesn’t have it, you can go to another. But for women who live in rural areas, where there might not be more than one pharmacy, it’s important that those women are able to get it, too
Remember – this is your right. Fight for it.
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