political ethics question

[firecat]

Today Plan B, the emergency contraception medicine, was approved by the FDA for sale over the counter. Yay! (Only to women 18 and over. Boo!)

I have been boycotting Walgreens and Target because they were allowing pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for Plan B. (See http://www.saveroe.com/fillmypillsnow/scored).

Boycotting Walgreens is actually a bit of a sacrifice because it's my within-walking-distance open-24-hours store and it's right next to Trader Joe's where I frequently shop...without Walgreens, if I want a drugstore thing I have to plan a special trip.

So I'm considering not boycotting Walgreens any more, at least until they do something else I don't approve of.

On the other hand, they didn't actually change their policy, the problem got resolved another way (and the women under 18 might still have problems getting Plan B from Walgreens).

What would you do under the circumstances, and why?

Comments

[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

Dang-- maybe I'll have to stop getting my meds through Walgreens mail order service, even though it reduces my co-pay. I had looked through Planned Parenthood's table of which pharmacies had PP-approved policies and which didn't, but I couldn't remember if Walgreens was approved or not.

I used to use K-mart pharmacy all the time and told them I was grateful that they had Plan B friendly policies.