Big picture, little skirmish
posted by bitchphd
Big picture: a really great Salon article giving an overview of the various things going on in the sex- and gynophobic cultural wars: "consciense clauses" to allow pharmacists to deny women birth control; lies about the efficacy of condoms in preventing STDs; lies about how birth control actually works; deliberate blurring of the distinction between birth control and abortion; and (though the article doesn't cover it) deliberate falsehoods about what constitutes pregnancy; and so on.
Little skirmish: this very disturbing story about an Arizona pharmacist who, when his governor vetoed one of those "conscience" bullshit laws, wrote a letter to the editor of his local paper suggesting that, hey, if pharmacists just lie about being out of stock on birth control, then "problem solved." NARAL Pro-Choice Arizona is calling on KMart to fire him; I see no reason not to contact KMart to explain that you would like to know whether or not they intend to continue to employ a pharmacy manager who thinks it is okay to lie to customers before you decide whether or not to continue shopping there.
Cross-posted at XX
Little skirmish: this very disturbing story about an Arizona pharmacist who, when his governor vetoed one of those "conscience" bullshit laws, wrote a letter to the editor of his local paper suggesting that, hey, if pharmacists just lie about being out of stock on birth control, then "problem solved." NARAL Pro-Choice Arizona is calling on KMart to fire him; I see no reason not to contact KMart to explain that you would like to know whether or not they intend to continue to employ a pharmacy manager who thinks it is okay to lie to customers before you decide whether or not to continue shopping there.
Cross-posted at XX
Posted at 8:23 PM
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