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Women sue Wal-Mart over access to emergency contraception
Boston Globe ^ | February 1, 2006 | Brook Donald

Posted on 02/02/2006 4:44:48 AM PST by sweetliberty

Edited on 02/25/2006 4:48:56 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

BOSTON (AP) -- Three Massachusetts women backed by pro-abortion rights groups sued Wal-Mart on Wednesday, saying the retail giant violated a state regulation by failing to stock emergency contraception pills in its pharmacies.

The suit filed in Suffolk Superior Court seeks a court order compelling the company to stock the so-called "morning after pill," in its 44 Wal-Marts and four Sam Club stores in Massachusetts, all of which have pharmacies.


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: abortionpill; prolife; walmart; whiningfeminazis
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To: BigSkyFreeper

I bet they don't.


61 posted on 02/02/2006 5:54:47 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)
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To: william clark

Uh, yeah... this public record alone shows pre-meditation and prejudice; Though they will say it doesn't matter, all meds should be provided (it's their 'right' and their 'mental health' was damaged.


62 posted on 02/02/2006 5:56:41 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)
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To: Sloth

You hit the nail on the head. Not only that, it was easily available by their admission at other places.


63 posted on 02/02/2006 5:58:37 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)
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To: CPOSharky

I wonder what constitutes a commonly prescribed medicine?
How many people ask for EC and what measure makes it common.


64 posted on 02/02/2006 5:59:33 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)
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To: sweetliberty

ROFL!


65 posted on 02/02/2006 6:01:06 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)
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To: eeevil conservative; All

Awww... are you coming to the Snow thread e?
All are invited, it's a blast.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1570049/posts


66 posted on 02/02/2006 6:02:53 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)
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To: ishabibble

ROFL, I wouldn't be surprised.


67 posted on 02/02/2006 6:03:30 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)
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To: sweetliberty
WAL-MART is hated by liberals publicly for 2 reasons, although the typical shopper at WAL-MART is a low to middle income middle-aged or senior liberal woman based on my own unscientific observations: 1. WAL-MART is anti-union.
2. WAL-MART contributes more in its political contributions to Republicans than Democrats. Most shoppers and people who complain about WAL-MART don't know about #2 and many couldn't care about #1.

WAL-MART should be able to stock its pharmacies with whatever it wants or doesn't want to put on the shelf. The argument that these 3 abortion fanatics are suing over should have as much merit as suing Home Depot because it doesn't stock toilet paper and they may have soiled their pants. Except in Illinois where it appears to be mandatory to stock, WAL-MART's should be able to stock or refuse to stock anything they want.

This suit should go down in flames and the crazy courts in Taxachusetts should toss this one on the sidewalk where it can fall in the sewer where it belongs.
68 posted on 02/02/2006 6:06:33 AM PST by kevinm13 (The Main Stream Media is dead! Fox News Channel Rocks!)
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To: HIDEK6
I would like to sue anyone who refuses to sell diet Coke!

Extend that suit to include anyone who does sell diet Pepsi and I'll join you.

69 posted on 02/02/2006 6:07:16 AM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: sweetliberty

Can I sue conveince stores that don't stock Doctor Pepper?


70 posted on 02/02/2006 6:20:20 AM PST by philetus (What goes around comes around)
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To: HIDEK6

And you would have a case if your State Legislature had seen fit to pass a law requiring retailers to offer for sale all commonly drunk soft drinks.

The plaintiffs may have a case. Which is why Wal-mart is seeking clarification. The root of this idiocy is the over-reaching legislature. But they were elected by the citizens, weren't they.


71 posted on 02/02/2006 6:32:56 AM PST by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: SW6906
I should be able to force any business to sell what I want them to sell, right?

They should also be required to sell it to you and I at below their cost.

How dare they make a profit on any item they sell !

72 posted on 02/02/2006 6:40:01 AM PST by TYVets (God so loved the world he didn't send a committee)
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To: sgtbono2002

LOL.


73 posted on 02/02/2006 6:43:18 AM PST by cpanter
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To: WildWeasel

Yep!


74 posted on 02/02/2006 6:46:02 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: TYVets
WalMart could close their store pharmacies in Massachusetts.

I'm surprised that Planned Parenthood hasn't opened their own pharmacies! Heck, they could even offer all the drugs for free!

75 posted on 02/02/2006 7:32:34 AM PST by bygolly
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To: Graybeard58
Extend that suit to include anyone who does sell diet Pepsi and I'll join you.

H'mm, I smell the beginning of a class action here!

76 posted on 02/02/2006 7:49:47 AM PST by HIDEK6
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To: sgtbono2002

Nice try but the morning-after pill doesn't work if you're already pregnant.


77 posted on 02/02/2006 9:07:56 AM PST by coop71 (Being a redhead means never having to say you're sorry...)
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To: bygolly
"WalMart could close their store pharmacies in Massachusetts."

It wouldn't be the first time that Walmart sidestepped certain outsider generated "complaints." If I remember correctly, when confronted by a meat cutter's union, or some such as that, Walmart just stopped hiring it's own meat cutters and started buying prepackaged meat.

78 posted on 02/02/2006 10:10:10 AM PST by sweetliberty (Stupidity should make you sterile.)
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To: sweetliberty
"Three Massachusetts women backed by pro-abortion rights groups sued Wal-Mart on Wednesday..."

Nothing to see here, Kids. It's just the Looney Left Culture of Death creating more "Mother Sheehans" to carry their water as they can't get what they want through Congress or through the courts or through winning elections. ;)

79 posted on 02/02/2006 10:13:37 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: sweetliberty
He added that Wal-Mart would formally request clarification of the state regulation from Attorney General Tom Reilly or the state's Board of Pharmacy. He said if either directs the company to carry certain products, "Wal-Mart will abide."

So what's the problem?

80 posted on 02/02/2006 10:15:43 AM PST by Melas (What!? Read or learn something? Why would anyone do that, when they can just go on being stupid)
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