EC Scripts Could Be Provided With List of Willing Dispensers – Rep. Manzullo
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The debate over whether pharmacists should be required to dispense emergency contraception could be defused if women were given a list of pharmacists who willingly dispense the drug along with their prescriptions, House Small Business Committee Chairman Don Manzullo (R-Ill.) suggested in a July 25 statement
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