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Originally Posted by First Lady
I can't think of a scenario where there would be a critical rejection of medical service. Can you give me one?
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Imagine a town in rural Alberta with only one pharmacy. A young woman is raped and is prescribed the morning after pill so she doesn't suffer even further by having to endure an unwanted pregnancy. The pharmacist on duty refuses to fill her prescription because it's a violation of his/her conscience rights.
Sound far fetched? This exact scenario occurred in Arizona a few years ago.
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Rape victim: 'Morning after' pill denied
By Carla McClain
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Although it is safe, effective and legal, emergency contraception - the "morning after" pill - can be hard to find in Tucson.
After a sexual assault one recent weekend, a young Tucson woman spent three frantic days trying to obtain the drug to prevent a pregnancy, knowing that each passing day lowered the chance the drug would work.
While calling dozens of Tucson pharmacies trying to fill a prescription for emergency contraception, she found that most did not stock the drug.
When she finally did find a pharmacy with it, she said she was told the pharmacist on duty would not dispense it because of religious and moral objections.
"I was so shocked," said the 20-year-old woman, who, as a victim of sexual assault, is not being named by the Star. "I just did not understand how they could legally refuse to do this."
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