[Vision2020] RE: Unstable, Doomed, Missed Points

[Saundra Lund]

Sorry, John D -- you are ***several*** years behind:

The New York Times
March 4, 2006

"In Reversal, Wal-Mart Will Sell Contraceptive 
By MICHAEL BARBARO

Relenting to pressure from state government officials, Wal-Mart Stores said
yesterday that it would begin carrying Plan B, an emergency contraception
pill, in all of its United States pharmacies by the end of the month.

But in a move that rankled some women's groups, Wal-Mart said that it would
allow pharmacists who object to filling a Plan B prescription to refer
customers to another pharmacist and, in some cases, to another pharmacy.

Wal-Mart, which has 3,700 pharmacies, had been the only major chain that
refused to sell the so-called morning-after pill, which can prevent
pregnancy when taken within 72 hours of intercourse. 

The retailer's policy provoked criticism from groups like Naral Pro-Choice
America and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, which argued that
because Wal-Mart was the only pharmacy in some areas, its decision to not
carry the pill deprived women of access to a federally approved emergency
contraceptive. . . "
http://tinyurl.com/o97sc

You asked:
"Are there really places that are so isolated that they are not within
driving distance of a pharmacy other than Wal-Mart, but still big ! enough
to suport a Wal-Mart in the first place?"

ABSOLUTELY!  Where have you been???  Perhaps you need to get around the US
more . . . 

With respect to Wal-Mart and Dr. Ann Moliver Ruben's "Someday a Woman Will
be President" T-shirts, you also wrote:
"That's not exactly right. In 1994, the t-shirts (around 100 of them) were
pulled from the ONE store in Florida where they were available, apparently
because of a customer complaint. After one day of protests, Wal-Mart
apologized and sold 50,000 t-shirts in 74 percent of their stores. You can
read the story as Ann Moliver Ruben tells it herself here:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KVD/is_3_2/ai_95447403/pg_2"

Yes, I *do* hope Visionaries read the real story because it's certainly not
as innocuous as you'd like to have us believe, is it?
"The Margaret T-shirt gained national notoriety in 1994 after one Wal-Mart
store in Miramar, Florida carried it and when the national office of the
company discovered that fact, they banned the Margaret T-shirt saying the
message promoting female leadership went against their philosophy of family
values. Dr. Ruben bought three shares of Wal-Mart stock and complained of
this practice as a stockholder in a letter to the president of the company.
She gave him three weeks to lift the ban and during that time she got a call
from a senior vice-president of Wal-Mart offering her a bribe to shut up.
She refused the bribe and instead after four weeks gave the story to
Associated Press. Women from California to Connecticut marched in front of
Wal-Mart stores. They threatened to boycott, tear up their Mr. Sam's cards
and sell their Wal-Mart stock. Within 24 hours, the company changed its
position and ended up buying 50,000 T-shirts in 1995. WOMEN ARE WONDERFUL."
http://www.womenarewonderful.com/aboutus.html

For those wanting to purchase one of those *fab* t-shirts, visit Women Are
Wonderful Foundation:
http://www.womenarewonderful.com/



Saundra Lund
Moscow, ID

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.
- Edmund Burke

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