Wal-Mart Decides to Carry Abortifacient Plan B Pill

Officials of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced Friday the company will reverse its earlier policy and stock emergency contraception pills in all of its pharmacies effective March 20, saying the giant retailer could not justify being the country's only major pharmacy chain not to carry the morning-after pill. Wal-Mart has more than 3,700 pharmacies in the United States. Full story...

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Relenting to pressure from state government officials, Wal-Mart Stores said yesterday that it would begin carrying Plan B, an abortifacient contraception pill, in all of its United States pharmacies by the end of the month. But in a move that rankled some women's groups, Wal-Mart said that it would allow pharmacists who object to filling abortifacient Plan B prescription to refer customers to another pharmacist and, in some cases, to another pharmacy.

Posted by Editor at March 6, 2006 10:18 AM