"Morals" are not valid reason to refuse necessary medical treatment.

A Pharmacist in the US Refused to Give a Grieving Mother the Medicine She Needed — And It Was Legal. Sign Now to Change the Law. Sign Now Dear friends, After receiving excruciating news from her doctor that her 10-week-old fetus no longer had a heartbeat, Nicole Arteaga had two options. She could undergo surgery to have it removed or take a prescription drug that would help her body miscarry the fetus. She chose the latter. The next day, Nicole took her 7-year-old to her local chemist and tried to fill her prescription — but the pharmacist flat out refused to give it to her. With the drug in his hand, the pharmacist told her he couldn't hand it over due to his 'morals'. The pharmacist's decision was shocking and unacceptable — but unfortunately, it was also legal. In at least six states of the US — Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, and South Dakota — pharmacist conscience laws grant pharmacists the right to refuse to dispense drugs related to contraception on moral grounds. Please join us today and help fight to end these archaic rules. Sign the petition and ask the six states named above to repeal their pharmacist conscience laws. These laws allow someone's "moral" beliefs to get in the way of a patient's medical needs. They go against everything the profession stands for. And in this case, the pharmacist used them to humiliate and cause further emotional damage to a woman who was going through one of the most difficult moments of her life. No one should have to fight to get the medicine they need. Please sign this petition and ask the six states named above to repeal their pharmacist conscience laws now. Thank you,   Aarti Kelapure The Care2 Petitions Team P.S. Nicole was grieving the loss of her fetus, and this pharmacist made the situation even worse. Sign now to make sure no other woman has to go through the humiliation and trauma Nicole went through.