Olympia pharmacies fail to carry Plan B
Nine women file complaints over lack of Plan B at pharmacies
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Amid a battle in Congress over whether to allow nonprescription sales of the Plan B morning-after pill, nine women have complained that area pharmacies failed to carry the pills or keep them in stock.
In complaints filed Monday with the Washington State Board of Pharmacy, the women said they were unable to get a total of 17 prescriptions for Plan B filled in June and July at four stores in the state capital and neighboring Lacey.
One, Stephanie Conrad, said she filed her complaint because of an experience weeks earlier after a condom broke.
"I couldn't find a Plan B pill for 45 hours after. I ended up getting pregnant. Then I had a miscarriage," Conrad said. "It was very painful emotionally and physically. I just wish it could have been avoided."
The complaints show "that there are major access problem in this community," said Janet Blanding, a medical transcriptionist. "These were legal prescriptions given to women of childbearing age."
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