Prescriptions must be filled under newly adopted rule

Recently Washington's state Board of Pharmacy had been toying with the idea of allowing pharmacists to object to filling prescriptions if they 'morally' object. Of course what they mostly objected to was providing birth control options to women. Yesterday they passed new guidelines that state that individual pharmacist will be required to fill prescriptions IF the drug is in stock.

According to the linked article, this compromise was drafted by Gov. Gregoire and women's advocacy groups are excited with the adoption but it seems that the reality is that this is not really much of a win.

Plan B birth control must be taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex, and if a pharmacist 'morally objects' it would seem the easiest way to keep from breaking the new rules is to make sure the needed birth control options are not in stock. I do realize that at times we need to celebrate small wins, but this doesn't seem to be a win of any kind. Rather, this just appears to be nicer packaging on allowing pharmacist's conscience in women's private choices.

I do realize that at times we need to celebrate small wins, but this doesn't seem to be a win of any kind. Rather, this appears to be a nicer package on allowing pharmacists' conscience in women's private choices.