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Last year, I gave one of my patients a prescription for emergency contraception. When she presented it at a Wal-Mart pharmacy, she was turned away empty-handed. This mother of three, struggling to pay her bills, routinely shopped for groceries and diapers at Wal-Mart. She felt humiliated and judged by the pharmacist, and her access to needed medication was delayed. Through her experience, I became aware of Wal-Mart's refusal to stock Plan B (levonorgestrel).

The refusal by individual pharmacists to fill prescriptions is a contentious issue, and state laws governing such acts vary. But Wal-Mart was running the only national pharmacy . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Gee is an obstetrician-gynecologist and a fellow in public policy and health care research at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

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