this is just great ... Massachusetts just told Wal-Mart to stick their right-wing, anti-abortionist, Christian fundie values up their right-wing arses ... let's hear it for Massachusetts ...
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http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2006/02/15/state_orders_wal_mart_to_sell_morning_after_pill/Wal-Mart said yesterday it will start stocking and selling the emergency contraceptive drug Plan B at its 44 Massachusetts pharmacies and is giving serious consideration to carrying the drug at all of its stores nationwide.
The world's biggest retailer acted after the state Board of Registration in Pharmacy voted unanimously to require Wal-Mart to stock and dispense Plan B, a high dose of hormones that women can take three to five days after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy.
The only other state where Wal-Mart sells the so-called morning-after pill is Illinois, where a state law requires it. Elsewhere, Wal-Mart has refused to stock the drug for undisclosed ''business reasons." <skip>
In making its decision, the pharmacy board cited a regulation requiring all pharmacies to dispense ''commonly prescribed medications in accordance with the usual needs of the community." <skip>
Herman, who is working as a consultant to the law firm that filed the suit, said the store's refusal to sell Plan B stemmed from its ''desire to appeal to their fundamentalist, right-wing, gun-toting constituency."