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May 11, 2007
Most Ohio hospitals would not give EC to women
In 2005, a survey revealed that of 151 Ohio hospitals, only two would give out the morning-after pill to women who called in looking for it -- even if they had a prescription. One in four even denied the drug for rape victims. For women, the results were surprising and appalling.“I knew it was inevitable some hospitals would refuse to prescribe it," Kellie Copeland, the executive director of NARAL, said at the time. But even she was “horrified” at the results.
Two years later, NARAL conducted some follow-up research to see if policies had changed. Not so much.
Today, 56 percent of hospitals that responded said they would not provide emergency contraception. Seven percent still refuse to give the pill out to rape victims.
Lovely.
Posted by Jessica at May 11, 2007 12:53 PM