% JOHNSON FOR AN INTERVIEW ON THIS
% PROGRAM.
% >>> TURNING TO ANOTHER NATIONAL
% ISSUE, ILLEGAL ABORTION HAS LED
% TO AN AN INCREASED DEMAND FOR
% EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES.
% SOME PHARMACIES ARE STOCKING UP
% ON THESE LARGELY
% OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS.
% MARISA WHOA CHICK -- WHOA CHECK
% SPOKE WITH THE PHARMACIST.
% >> ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT
% EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES COULD
% BE BANNED OR SEVERELY LIMITED IN
% ACCESS?%>> I DO HAVE THAT CO
NCERN.
% I FEEL LIKE THE PO PERSONAL FOR
% THAT TO OCCUR -- POTENTIAL FOR
% THAT TO OCCUR IS POSSIBLE.
% AS OF A FEW WEEKS AGO, I DIDN'T
% THINK THAT -- LEGAL ABORTION
% WOULD BE GONE AND IT IS NOW.
% I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
% BELIEVE THAT -- THAT THERE
% SHOULDN'T BE ANY MEDICATION THAT
% IS WOULD AFFECT A FETUS OR WOULD
% AFFECT A EMBRYO.
% SO I THINK THEY'RE AT RISK.
% >> HAS THE DEMAND FOR EMERGENCY
% CONTRACEPTIVES GONE UP?
% >> WE HAVE SEEN IT GO UP.
% WE PROBABLY SOLD ONE -- ONE
% PACKAGE PROBABLY A MONTH PRIOR
% TO THE DECISION.
% WE HAVE SOLD SEVERAL PACKAGES A
% DAY SINCE THE DECISION.
% I THINK WE SAW THAT THERE'S A
% TREND THAT THE -- THAT PEOPLE
% ARE GOING TO BE WANTING TO GET
% EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVE CARE FOR
% THEMSELVES TO HAVE IT AROUND.
% AND THAT CREATED AN INCREASE IN
% DEMAND, WHICH CAN RESULT IN A
% SHORT SUPPLY.
% AND A SHORT SUPPLY CAN LEAD TO
% INCREASED PRICE.
% AND SO I THINK WE MADE A
% DECISION TO TRY AND PURCHASE A
% LARGE QUANTITY SO THAT WE COULD
% HAVE IT ON HAND AND THEN DECIDED
% TO MAKE IT BASICALLY SELL IT AT
% OUR COSTS SO WE COULD MAKE SURE
% THAT TO DAMPEN ANY RISK OF
% INCREASED PRICE.
% >> SO EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES,
% THOSE ARE DIFFERENT FROM
% ABORTION MEDICATION, RIGHT?
% >> CORRECT.
% CORRECT.%THESE ARE MEDICATION
S.
% THESE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVORS
% ARE MEDICATIONS THAT YOU TAKE IN
% THE FIRST THREE DAYS.
% SEXUAL EVENT THAT WAS NOT
% PROTECTED.
% AND SO YOU CAN USE THOSE WITHIN
% THREE DAYS AFTER THAT TO BE
% ABOUT 90 TO 95% EFFECTIVE.
% >> WE'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT
% ABOUT POTENTIALLY PEOPLE WHO
% HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GET
% PREGNANT ARE NO LONGER BEING
% FREE SCRIBED SINCE -- PRESCRIBED
% THINGS THAT COULD LEAD TO A
% MISCARRIAGE OR HARMING THE
% FEETUS.
% HAS THAT BEEN AN ISSUE AT ALL?
% >> WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT HERE.
% WE HAVE HEARD TALKING -- WE HAVE
% HEARD OTHER PROFESSIONALS
% TALKING ABOUT MEDICATIONS THAT
% ARE USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF
% ARTHRITIS, TREATMENT OF -- OF
% OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT
% ARE NOT RELATED TO ABORTION.
% AND THOSE DRUGS ARE NOT BEING
% AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY CAN BE
% USED IN ABORTION.
% WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT HERE.
% IF WE GOT A PRESCRIPTION FOR ONE
% OF THOSE MEDICATIONS AT THIS
% POINT, I THINK IT WOULD BE OUR
% POLICY WOULD BE TO CALL THE
% PROVIDER WHO WROTE THE
% PRESCRIPTION AND ASK FOR A
% DIAGNOSIS AND WHY IT'S BEING
% USED.%SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE
THAT WE
% WERE USING IT -- OUTSIDE OF THE
% REASONS FOR -- THAT THEY'RE USED
% FOR ABORTION.
% >> HAS THIS CHANGED THE WAY YOU
% HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH
% PROVIDERS?
% >> YEAH, I THINK THAT AS WE MOVE
% FORWARD WITH MEDICATIONS THAT
% HAVE MULTIPLE USES, AND THERE
% ARE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS ABOUT
% USING THE SAME MEDICATION, IF
% YOU USE THINK IT WAY, IT'S
% ILLEGAL AND IF YOU USE IT THIS
% OTHER WAY IT'S NOT ILLEGAL, I
% THINK WE'LL SEE MORE
% CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN PROVIDERS
% AND PHARMACISTS TO DISCUSS
% EXACTLY WHY THESE MEDICATIONS
% ARE BEING USED SO THEY CAN BE
% DOCUMENTED.%>> ARE THERE LIE
BLES FOR --
% 4R50EUB89S -- 4R50EUB89S FOR YOU
% PROVIDING THESE MET CASES?
% >> I THINK -- MEDICATIONS?
% >> I THINK THE LAW IN WISCONSIN
% IF I WERE TO DISPENSE MEDICATION
% THAT COULD BE USED TO ABORT A
% FETUS.
% SO, YEAH.
% >> WHAT DO YOUSY GOING -- DO YOU
% THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN GOING
% FORWARD?%>> I THINK WE'RE PRO
BABLY IN A
% ELDHOING PATTERN AT THIS -- IN A
% HOLDING PATTERN AT THIS POINT
% AND I DON'T EXPECT MUCH TO
% CHANGE F. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
% REVERSAL OF THE CURRENT LAW,
% IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME FROM
% THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
% >> WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN HEARING
% FROM CUSTOMERS SINCE ROE WAS
% OVERTURNED AND JUST IN GENERAL
% ABOUT THE NEED FOR THIS KIND OF
% CARE?
% >> SO WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF THANK
% YOUS.%WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT O
F SUPPORT
% FROM THE COMMUNITY.
% >> AND DO YOU SEE THIS AS
% PATIENT CARE FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS?
% >> YES.
% ACCESS TO -- ACCESS TO CARE IS
% ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS
% THAT WE THINK THAT WE CAN
% PROVIDE.
% AND SO, YES, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
% IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE WHO