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...wherever there's gray, black, as in ink, is not far behind. Earlier this year, Wal-Mart infuriated some women's groups when it declined to stock Preven, an emergency day-after contraception kit available by prescription. Antiabortion groups hailed the decision as one for their side. But Wal-Mart's rationale was simpler--perhaps too much so: its pharmacies don't stock every drug available; Preven was going to be a small seller, customers were not clamoring for it, and the item was pricey ($25). "You can't carry everything. Sometimes you get credit for making a moral judgment...
...Mart customers are not of one mind on some of society's more complicated matters, as it learned with Preven. The primary ingredient in Preven is ethinyl estradiol/levonorgestrel--the same as in birth control pills--given in a high dose. The package also contains a pregnancy test. Although Wal-Mart wouldn't stock Preven, it has always sold birth control pills...
...recent Food Drug Administration approval of drugs like Preven, a morning after pill which prevents pregnancy within three days of having unprotected sex, will no doubt lead to a decline in abortions at clinics. Indeed, with the long-awaited arrival of RU-486, women will soon be able to end a pregnancy in the privacy of their own home...
However, if the battle is not fought in courtrooms and at clinic doors, it will be fought in other ways. Walgreens still refuses to sell emergency contraceptives like Preven, no doubt because of pressure from anti-abortionists...
PULLED PILL It's going to get harder to find the morning-after pill Preven at your local pharmacy now that Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer, has decided to stop selling it. Not to be confused with RU-486, which is not yet approved in the U.S., Preven is taken up to 72 hours after unprotected sex to prevent ovulation or implantation of a fertilized...