Wal-Mart stopped selling guns in 40 Gulf Region stores after Hurricane Katrina because too many people were exercising their right to protect themselves from looting thugs.
Until last week, Wal-Mart was also not selling the “morning after” pill, probably for liability reasons. On February 14, Valentine’s Day, Wal-Mart was ordered to sell the pill because failing to do so violated state law. Pharmacies are required to sell “commonly prescribed medications.” Some smart-aleck lawyer obviously convinced the state that “emergency contraception” was a “commonly prescribed medication.” 
I wonder if anyone threatened to sue Wal-Mart when it stopped selling guns? Unlike owning “morning after” pills, owning guns is a constitutional right. Moreover, Wal-Mart and any other business has a right to sell or not sell certain products. But the ever-present and expanding nanny-state government stuck its nose in Wal-Mart’s business and ordered it to sell a product. Unbelievable.
Then again, Wal-Mart hires illegal aliens, so maybe the government should shut down the whole corporation.
More on the abortion “morning after” pill:
Opponents of the medication say it is tantamount to an abortion and that its availability will encourage promiscuity.
Advocates of its availability point to studies indicating it could prevent 1.5 million unintended pregnancies and 800,000 abortions each year. (Source)
I’ve got this radical idea floating around in my head. Did you know that abstaining from sex prevents pregnancy and abortion 100 percent of the time? Waiting until marriage to copulate will increase an unborn baby’s chances of being “wanted” and diminish the “financial burden” excuse for killing him. And having two parents, an intact family, is better for children than one parent, generally speaking.
How retro and repressive (and unrealistic and judgmental)!
Related: Is the morning-after pill abortion?
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I wonder if anyone threatened to sue Wal-Mart when it stopped selling guns? Unlike owning “morning after†pills, owning guns is a constitutional right.
But selling guns isn’t.
“Moreover, Wal-Mart and any other business has a right to sell or not sell certain products.”
Businesses are legal fictions. They do not possess natural god-given rights. As a society, we allow businesses to exist provided that they meet certain obligations (pay taxes, follow laws, etc.)
Wal-mart has to comply with laws, just like everybody else. If they want to be granted a license to sell drugs, then they have to comply with federal and local laws. That includes the dispensement of morning after pills, as well as lawful hiring practices. BOTH of them.
My business is also licensed by the “state,” but they can’t force me to offer certain services. I run a private business entity, and the state has an interest as far as its structure and taxes are concerned, not what I choose to offer and how much I charge. You bring up a good point, though. Some argue that government regulations hurt small business owners the most, and I wholeheartedly agree. - Admin
Here’s a thoughtful post my Dad wrote concerning guns and the morning after pill:
http://nhisgrip.blogspot.com/2005/05/go-figure.html
“…abstaining from sex prevents pregnancy and abortion 100 percent of the time…”
“…having two parents, an intact family, is better for children than one parent…”
La Shawn, how dare you suggest something so… so… SENSIBLE? The nerve. It’s almost like you want society to get better instead of worse. Sheesh.
The morning after pill is useless if the pregnancy has already occurred. A number of states (California, of course, being one) sell the morning after pill over the counter.
Common side effects associated with the use of the morning after pill include nausea, abdominal pain, tiredness, headache, menstrual changes, dizziness, breast tenderness, and vomiting.
Wal-Mart has been required by state law to stock the pill in both Illinois and Massachusetts.
Wal-Mart has facilities to get your eyes checked and to buy glasses. Perhaps Illinois and Massachusetts should require Wal-Mart to open abortion clinics, as well. (I am not sure that I am being sarcastic.)
I’d bet my last dollar that the ACLU is behind this in collaboration with “Planned Parenthood” (what a deceitful name). They’ve started with Walmart, but soon enough they’ll be going state by state to every little mom and pop pharmacy they can find threatening huge lawsuits or else.
dianne: “what a deceitful name.”
What a great contest! Rename “Planned Parenthood.”
Maybe, “Parents R Not Us.” Slogan: “You play, the ‘mass of cells’ pays.”
Great point . . . I’m constantly torn between being a Wal-Mart fan, just for the pure capitalistic purity of it all, and wanting to steer clear of the place because of all the PC garbage they give in to. Thanks for the info.
If the fine folks of Wal Mart are truly against this, they can close up shop in those states. I think that even the threat to do so would cause the states to look at things a bit differently.
Never give an inch when it comes to situations like this because it never stops at one thing. If they bow down now, they will never stand straight again.
Guaranteed.
Beautiful Gun Pic…
.40 or 9MM??
I didn’t know you were a shooter…
Wow, La Shawn…you’re creating a new and creative concept…sex AFTER marriage, instead of 15 minutes after you meet…LOL…good post! I can always count on you to tell it like it is!
The issue isn’t that a store is forced to sell anything; it’s that a pharmacy cannot, as policy, refuse to sell prescribed medication across the board. The right to refuse a prescription is that of a pharmacist as a medical professional, not a business or a corporation. If a national chain chooses not to sell an item, like guns, that’s up to the free market. If a national pharmacy chain chooses to prohibit its pharmacists from dispensing legal and medically-prescribed medication, they’re not allowed to call themselves a pharmacy, because to do so is to falsely advertise their services.
And, obviously, abstinence doesn’t “prevent pregnancy and abortion” 100% of the time. It’s not the leading cause of EC use, but women do get raped. Just pointing it out.
Note: There was still a sex act involved in the rape. It was forced, not choice. But there was still sex involved.
So yes, abstinence works 99.9999999999999999% of the time (One has to remember Mary, after all. But that was a long time ago and as far as I know, there are no prophecies of more children born to virgins).
Rape is a crime, and a heart-rending one. But from the basic standpoint of life, one does not “Cure” a rape by taking away the life of the child conceived in it. Nor does one help the mother to recover by encouraging her to participate in the killing of her child.
Ah yes-someone has piped up with the ‘rape scenario’. As this quickly degenerates into a “Yes it is!” “No it isn’t!” argument, I suggest that the majority of women buying the morning after pill do so not because of rape, but as a form of death control. That some few women may have been raped opens the door which the greater majority of sexually active women rush through simply because they want to have sex without consequences. Think about this-a woman depending upon the morning after pill is having unprotected sex. How messed up is that? That can kill you just as surely as the morning after pill kills a baby.
Doug, I know that EC is used far more commonly by women engaging in consensual sex than by rape victims, which is why I specified that in my earlier post. My point is that abstaining from sex does not always 100% mean that a woman will have no use for emergency contraception.
I understand your point, My Boaz’s Ruth, about two wrongs not making a right. But preventing implantation of a fertilized egg is not medically considered an abortion, as a woman is not considered pregnant until a fertilized egg has been implanted; and it’s up to the individual to decide whether it’s wrong or not. Not up to WalMart.
The first lawsuit against Walmart for a death from the abortion pill, I hope they tender their defense to the judge who issued that order.
You cannot get the “abortion pill” at WalMart or any other pharmacy. Emergency contraception is not RU-486, which is the pill from which four California women died since it was legalized in 2000. EC does not cause a medical abortion, and will not even work on a woman who is medically considered pregnant. No deaths or serious complications from emergency contraception have been reported in the 25 years that EC has been legal in this country.
I wonder if there are any rules/laws/requirements about what Wal-Mart charges for the medication…?
If not, I see an easy solution…
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