Judgmental Pharmacists Are Refusing Birth Control Prescriptions – What You Can Do About It

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Imagine being denied access to your prescription because it goes against the pharmacist’s sense of morality or religion. Imagine walking into your local pharmacy to pick up your prescription for birth control and the pharmacist tells you they won’t fill it because it goes against their morality or religion. Worse, reports of judgement and slut-shaming […]