I don't think that your analogy works quite well. There is a very large time frame over which a customer can buy chairs to match a table (in my case, for the antique dining room table it took me a couple of months to find those wooden chairs). :-) However, for a morning-after pill, there is a definite time limit, 48 hours. If a woman takes the pill later, it will not work and may, in addition, be harmful to her health.
In many towns, Walgreens is the only pharmacy that works overnight, and sometimes the only pharmacy in town. Women looking to take the pill often have small chilren, limited economic means (women who can afford to be on the normal birth control pill or IUD don't take the Morning After stuff that, in addition to moral reprecussions, makes a woman pretty sick), and likely limited access to cars (one car per family, the father works, etc).
As long as this medication is approved by the FDA and can be prescribed by a doctor, the pharmacies cannot impose their own religious beliefs onto towns.
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Date: 2005-12-01 08:27 pm (UTC)I don't think that your analogy works quite well. There is a very large time frame over which a customer can buy chairs to match a table (in my case, for the antique dining room table it took me a couple of months to find those wooden chairs). :-) However, for a morning-after pill, there is a definite time limit, 48 hours. If a woman takes the pill later, it will not work and may, in addition, be harmful to her health.
In many towns, Walgreens is the only pharmacy that works overnight, and sometimes the only pharmacy in town. Women looking to take the pill often have small chilren, limited economic means (women who can afford to be on the normal birth control pill or IUD don't take the Morning After stuff that, in addition to moral reprecussions, makes a woman pretty sick), and likely limited access to cars (one car per family, the father works, etc).
As long as this medication is approved by the FDA and can be prescribed by a doctor, the pharmacies cannot impose their own religious beliefs onto towns.