Tell Wal-Mart to Stop Blocking the Sale of Birth Control!
Wal-Mart - the nation's largest retail pharmacy - has been denying millions of American women the opportunity to prevent unintended pregnancy.
The store has refused to stock the "morning-after pill", or Plan B, a legally approved birth control option for women.
The good news is that three Massachusetts women who sued Wal-Mart recently won their battle in Massachusetts, forcing Wal-Mart to stock Plan B in their state. But there are still 49 other states where women don't have access to this form of contraception at Wal-Mart! And in areas where Wal-Mart has eliminated all other retail competition, Wal-Mart can often be a woman's only pharmacy option.
Join NARAL Pro-Choice America to demand that Wal-Mart to stock the morning-after pill in all its stores in every state!
It's time to tell Wal-Mart's CEO Lee Scott that it is neither his nor anyone's place to decide which medicines women have the right to take. As a retail pharmacy, it is Wal-Mart's job to stock any and all legally-approved medications.
Call on Wal-Mart to end this blatant act of discrimination against women and to fufill its duty to provide access to the "morning-after pill" today!
Dear Mr. Scott,
As the nation's largest retail pharmacy and the sole pharmacy for many women, Wal-Mart's decision not to stock or sell emergency contraception unnecessarily denies women their right to access a safe, effective, and legally approved drug.
Wal-Mart's management should not decide what medicines women may or may not take. When a doctor prescribes emergency contraception for a woman, Wal-Mart does not have the right to overrule that decision.
I hope you will reconsider your policy and make your customers' health - and rights - your top priority.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
