Wal-Mart To Carry Morning-After Pill?

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

If Walmart thinks it can make a profit on this legal item, why not?

Edit: I see now that this was from the onion... disregard what I said.

I still think it probably real. The Onion usually bases their humor on current events.

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RCH99,

I guess you're right!

BOSTON --Backed by abortion rights groups, three Massachusetts women sued Wal-Mart on Wednesday, accusing the retail giant of violating a state regulation by failing to stock emergency contraception pills in its pharmacies.

The lawsuit, filed in state court, seeks to force the company to carry the morning-after pill in its 44 Wal-Marts and four Sam Club stores in Massachusetts.

The plaintiffs argued that state policy requires pharmacies to provide all "commonly prescribed medicines."

Wal-Mart carries the morning-after pill in Illinois only, where it is required under state law, said Dan Fogleman, a spokesman for Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart.

Fogleman said the company "chooses not to carry many products for business reasons." He would not elaborate. But in a letter to a lawyer for the plaintiffs, a Wal-Mart attorney said the store chain does not regard the drug as "commonly prescribed."

CVS, the state's largest pharmacy chain, stocks the pill at all of its drugstores.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles...ing_after_pill/

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I had a feeling.

[canadalaura 0]

Yup... they really want to regulate PlanB for OTC sales.

regardless, the onion is hilarious!

oooh... didn't realize that was about carrying PlanB AT ALL... even as a prescription... thats crappy.