Addressing the growing controversy over U.S. pharmacists who refuse to dispense birth control or emergency contraceptives, several lawmakers on Thursday unveiled a bill that would require pharmacies to fill all prescriptions.
Led by New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg and New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney, both Democrats, the bill would require all pharmacies to fill prescriptions including birth control pills and the so-called morning after pill. The bill applies to pharmacies, not to an individual pharmacist.
"We are here to tell the right-wing that enough is absolutely enough," Maloney told supporters near the Capitol.
Lautenberg said that if pharmacies fill prescriptions for Viagra, a drug that treats erectile dysfunction, they should sell prescription contraceptives as well.
Their legislation, however, would face steep obstacles in the Republican-controlled Congress.
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