Not everyone can "just go somewhere else". That is the point.

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Yes, that market-driven argument may work in a densely populated area, but what about those rural areas where people have to drive miles to shop? There may not be a large enough population in the region to support another business so there may not BE any other place for a woman to get her prescription needs filled.

There is more to this equation than simple market competition. It is about a licensed professional refusing to do his job in order to manipulate another's behavior, and to deliberately create hardship for one gender.

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__ Free Country. __ Drug-Free Country. Check one.

Why can't they? The DMC is only in one small area, Detroit and it's surrounding area. There are multiple places that one can go, people have choices.

In the country, where it maybe 50 miles to the next one, they are already suffering a problem with a near monopoly in their area and their problems would be fixed by competition, not regulation.

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Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

I could've eaten Alphabit soup and crapped out a better post!

HAHA again AnnE said the same thing in fewer words while I was writing. Maybe I'll just stfu.

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__ Free Country. __ Drug-Free Country. Check one.

It's not about one gender as the article said it was all contriceptives, perscription and not, not just the pill or plan B. This is not an issue about gender.

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Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

I could've eaten Alphabit soup and crapped out a better post!

Because this is not a problem of someone refusing to carry a certain brand. This is a problem of a medical professional not upholding the Oath he or she took.

This is not just about this chain. It is about the trend that says that women's reproductive health is less important than men's and that is a fact.

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Yes, it is an issue of gender. Does the man get pregnant if he has no access to contraceptives? Is the man unable to get his prescription filled? No. It is the women. How anyone can say this is not a gender issue is beyond me.

Note: Many many women take the pill for non-contraceptive reasons. So to deny them access to a medically prescribed drug is unconscionable.

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The medical professional has no choice, they don't stock the prescription any more, so it doesn't matter what the individual's morals allow or do not allow, it is the chain that is not stocking.

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Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

I could've eaten Alphabit soup and crapped out a better post!

And again, that should be illegal. If someone is raped and needs a prescribed med (which you have to take immediately), then they should be given it, not have some moron with a complex deny them their medical treatment because they want to use their power over someone as a soapbox.

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A man will not be sold condoms either, so that is gender neutrality. If a women has no contraceptives, they will less often put out, meaning less for the men, so it also effects the men. At my high school, it was the man's duty to have the condom, no condom, you stay home by yourself.

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Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

I could've eaten Alphabit soup and crapped out a better post!