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\u00a0Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Karen L. Brauer M.S. R.Ph*<\/a><\/p>\n

I was fired from my position\u00a0as a pharmacist with the KMart Corporation for\u00a0refusal to dispense Micronor, a progestin-only\u00a0 “minipill”, for the purpose of birth control.<\/h5>\n

. . . My name is Karen L. Brauer. My “alphabet soup” is M.S. R.Ph., and I am a practicing community pharmacist. Prior to this (my favorite) career, I had enjoyed a brief time in the field of medical research. On December 19, 1996, I was fired from my position as a pharmacist with the KMart Corporation for refusal to dispense Micronor, a progestin-only “minipill”, for the purpose of birth control.<\/p>\n

My opinion of this form of birth control was formed 20 years ago, because that is when I became aware of its most prominent mechanism to prevent implantation (as distinguished from a primarily contraceptive mechanism). My instructors in dispensing lab at pharmacy school were made aware of my opinion of this type of birth control, as was the District Manager who hired me to work for KMart. For the seven years that I worked for KMart, I turned away prescriptions for progestin only birth control, more often than not, talking the women out of filling the prescription at all. The Greater Cincinnati Area is a very conservative part of the country, and “minipills” were never very hot sellers here. [Full Text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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