I received the following email via the Humanist Canada mailing list:
I was horrified to discover yesterday, that the Jubilee Pharmasave at 1775 Fort St., Victoria BC, V8R 1J3 (250-595-1471) does not carry Plan B (the morning after pill) for "ethical" reasons! They called it an abortifacient!
I thought pharmacists would hold the health and safety of the public as their first consideration in their professional practice and that the public would include women who hope to prevent an unplanned pregnancy. Apparently not at the Jubilee Pharmasave.
They also claim that they do not expect any financial consequences from this decision. I think they are mistaken.
Please pass this on to all of your pro-choice friends and contacts.
Pharmasave is a mid-sized pharmacy chain in Canada and has “over 400 independently owned pharmacies.” It’s not clear whether this Victoria Pharmasave is unique in its apparent unwillingness to stock legal contraceptives, or if it is a chain-wide phenomena.
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From the Wiki link: ‘However, there are a number of emerging stores that are under corporate control, mainly in its Pacific region.’
Might that Victoria one be under corporate control. This needs more looking into, I think. Thanks for the tip.
First of all you can go across the street and have all your sexual health concerns taken care of at the Island Sexual Health Clinic, it’s really right across the street. Second of all that Pharmasave has great deals on sorts of organic and natural food and supplements. I think you could feed your new baby very healthy food on quite a limited budget. Which leads to my third of all points, more babies being born does lead to more customers. All costumers used to be babies. Financially speaking they do seem to have sound logic.
Sally Dunsmuir
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