NARAL Pro-Choice Montana: Ask candidates where they stand on the issue of pharmacy access

(I'm sorry that I'm a little late on this one - due to a cold I just couldn't shake - but it's important enough that I wanted to highlight it here.)

In last Saturday's Billings Gazette, Allyson Hagen, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Montana, had an opinion piece where she reminded Montana voters to ask their legislative candidates where they stand on the issue of pharmacy access:

Three years ago, Montana women won a major victory when the attorney general issued a rule requiring insurance companies that cover prescription medication to pay for prescriptive contraception.

Montana became the 25th state to guarantee equitable insurance coverage, which is important since 98 percent of women, from all religious and cultural backgrounds, access some form of birth control during their reproductive lives. Birth control is basic health care.

As with all progress, however, this major step forward didn't stop anti-contraception groups from seeking new ways to block women's access to birth control in Montana.

The debate now goes from the insurance company to the pharmacy counter.

Last month, our state's pharmacy board refused to consider adopting a policy to guarantee that customers with valid prescriptions could walk into their pharmacy and get their medication - without intimidation, without inconvenience and without delay.

Read the rest of the opinion piece here and if you have friends or family in Montana, be sure to share with them this important message in anticipation of Montana's June 3 primary.