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February 18, 2008
Missouri seeks to reclassify EC as "abortion-inducing medication"
This just makes me want to scream. Literally.
After years of imposing restrictions on abortion, Missouri lawmakers are now taking aim at emergency contraception, commonly known as the morning-after pill.Legislation presented to a House panel last week would classify emergency contraception as an abortion-inducing medication, contrary to the definition used by the Food and Drug Administration.
The bill also would protect pharmacies from lawsuits and from punishment by state regulators for refusing to sell or fill a prescription for any drug defined as triggering an abortion.
Pamela Sumners, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri said that filling prescriptions “is an essential function of your job...If you become a pharmacist, you should do your job."
And let's say it one more time: Emergency contraception is NOT abortion.
Posted by Jessica at February 18, 2008 10:58 AM