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 CONCERN.
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 MEDICATIONS.
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 LIEBLES 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 PROBABLY 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 OF 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