Georgia Walmart Refuses to Fill Prescription for Miscarriage Patient
In Milledgeville, Georgia, Brittany Cartrett recently was informed by her doctor of something no expecting mother wanted to hear: she had miscarried early in her pregnancy, about four or five weeks in. Her doctor called a Walmart in Milledgeville asking that it provide Cartrett with a medication that would help her pass naturally.
The problem is, the Walmart refused to offer the prescription. “So we found another place to fill it but I still had to go up there to get another prescription so when I went up there she asked if I had any questions about this prescription. I said no, I don’t, but I do have a question about the other one. And she looks at my name and she says, oh, well…I couldn’t think of a valid reason why you would need this prescription,” said Cartrett.
The drug is Misoprostol, which can be used to induce an abortion (though it was not being used for that in this case).
“It’s very frustrating, because who is the pharmacist to make that decision.
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