{"id":8714,"date":"2022-08-26T15:59:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T15:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=8714"},"modified":"2022-08-26T15:59:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T15:59:29","slug":"can-pharmacists-refuse-to-fill-prescriptions-for-drugs-that-can-be-used-in-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=8714","title":{"rendered":"Can pharmacists refuse to fill prescriptions for drugs that can be used in abortions?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“Methotrexate is a fairly common drug that treats a wide range of medical conditions. I take it to help control an autoimmune disorder. So do about 60 percent of rheumatoid arthritis patients<\/a>. It is used to treat some cancers<\/a>, such as non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It also has at least one other important medical use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drug is the most common pharmaceutical treatment<\/a> for ectopic pregnancies<\/a>, a life-threatening medical condition where a fertilized egg implants somewhere other than the uterus \u2014 typically a fallopian tube. If allowed to develop, this egg can eventually cause a rupture and massive internal bleeding. Methotrexate prevents embryonic cell growth, eventually terminating an ectopic pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so many patients who take methotrexate say they have become the latest victims<\/a> of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em><\/a> \u2014 the decision overruling Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s unclear how widespread this phenomenon is, though the problem is serious enough that the Arthritis Foundation put out a statement warning that \u201carthritis patients who rely on methotrexate are reporting difficulty accessing it<\/a>,\u201d and that \u201cat least one state \u2014 Texas \u2014 allows pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for misoprostol and methotrexate, which together can be used for medical abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In some cases, pharmacists are reportedly reluctant to fill methotrexate prescriptions<\/a> in states where abortion is illegal, and doctors are similarly reluctant to prescribe it. In other cases, pharmacists may refuse to fill valid methotrexate prescriptions because they personally object to abortion, even in states where the procedure remains legal.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/23207949\/supreme-court-abortion-methotrexate-prescription-pharmacist-refuse<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Methotrexate is a fairly common drug that treats a wide range of medical conditions. I take it to help control an autoimmune disorder. So do about 60 percent of rheumatoid arthritis patients. It is used to treat some cancers, such as non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It also has at least one other important medical use.<\/p>\n

The drug is the most common pharmaceutical treatment for ectopic pregnancies, a life-threatening medical condition where a fertilized egg implants somewhere other than the uterus \u2014 typically a fallopian tube. If allowed to develop, this egg can eventually cause a rupture and massive internal bleeding. Methotrexate prevents embryonic cell growth, eventually terminating an ectopic pregnancy.<\/p>\n

And so many patients who take methotrexate say they have become the latest victims of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization \u2014 the decision overruling Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear how widespread this phenomenon is, though the problem is serious enough that the Arthritis Foundation put out a statement warning that \u201carthritis patients who rely on methotrexate are reporting difficulty accessing it,\u201d and that \u201cat least one state \u2014 Texas \u2014 allows pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for misoprostol and methotrexate, which together can be used for medical abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n

In some cases, pharmacists are reportedly reluctant to fill methotrexate prescriptions in states where abortion is illegal, and doctors are similarly reluctant to prescribe it. In other cases, pharmacists may refuse to fill valid methotrexate prescriptions because they personally object to abortion, even in states where the procedure remains legal.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[521,81,73,990,376],"class_list":["post-8714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-abortion","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-pharmaceutical","tag-prescription"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8715,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8714\/revisions\/8715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}