Prescription for disappointment

As a mother of teenage daughters, I am outraged at the Washington Board of Pharmacy’s decision to discard the rule requiring pharmacists to dispense medication without discrimination or delay.

Although this rule affects us all, young women are most at risk for having their rights to medication jeopardized. Birth control and contraceptives, including emergency contraception, are basic health care for women, and pharmacists should not be denying access to these or any other appropriate medications based on personal, moral or religious beliefs.

The health and safety of my daughters should not be dictated by a pharmacist, but dictated by what they see as the best way to assert their health care needs. Allowing pharmacists to discriminate against women prepared to take accountability for their body is a disappointment. I prescribe a change.

Heather Wallace

Spokane