Comments on: Guns, ‘Morning After’ Pills, and Illegal Aliens

By: Conservative Culture

Conservative Culture — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:16:51 +0000

Wal-Mart Pulls Guns but Has Morning-After Pill

(HT to LaShawn Barber) Wal-Mart apparently wants you to shop there but doesn’t want its customers safe when they go home. Post Katrina guns sales have been continuing at a brisk pace.
Wal-Mart stopped selling guns in 40 Gulf Region stores afte…

By: suek

suek — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:55:23 +0000

I wonder if there are any rules/laws/requirements about what Wal-Mart charges for the medication…?

If not, I see an easy solution…

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:17:49 +0000

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.

By: Walter E. Wallis

Walter E. Wallis — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:56:19 +0000

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.

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:44:28 +0000

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.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:27:33 +0000

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.

By: My Boaz's Ruth

My Boaz's Ruth — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 05:47:47 +0000

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.

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:52:10 +0000

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.

By: Bonnie Calhoun

Bonnie Calhoun — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:28:40 +0000

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!

By: TexasFred

TexasFred — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:39:25 +0000

Beautiful Gun Pic…

.40 or 9MM??

I didn’t know you were a shooter…

By: Mark La Roi

Mark La Roi — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:31:43 +0000

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.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:10:00 +0000

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.

By: Heliotrope

Heliotrope — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:58:09 +0000

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.”

By: dianne

dianne — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:26:53 +0000

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.

By: Heliotrope

Heliotrope — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:59:19 +0000

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.)