Protest follows denial of morning-after pill
Tuesday, February 3, 2004 Posted: 2:41 PM EST (1941 GMT)
DENTON, Texas (AP) -- About 40 people gathered outside an Eckerd pharmacy Monday, protesting what they said was a decision to deny a rape victim a prescription for the morning-after pill.
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Gay Dodson, executive director of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, said state law allows pharmacists to decline filling prescriptions if the medication could harm the patient.
"The law does not say that the pharmacy can decline because of moral ground," she said.
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This is completely ridiculous. I hope this pharmacist got fired.
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