{"id":5926,"date":"2014-07-25T02:54:08","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T09:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5926"},"modified":"2018-03-08T15:55:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T23:55:34","slug":"access-to-birth-control-isnt-just-about-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5926","title":{"rendered":"Access to Birth Control Isn&#8217;t Just About Doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ottawa Citizen<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Kelly Grindrod , Sherilyn Houle<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this summer, a debate was sparked by\u00a0the experience of Kate Desjardins, an Ottawa woman who went to a walk-in clinic\u00a0to renew her\u00a0birth control prescription. She was handed a letter informing her that three of the clinic physicians were\u00a0not\u00a0prescribing birth control because of their &#8220;religious values.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the time, most media outlets noted that\u00a0this meant she was forced to find another physician. But she had a choice that almost no\u00a0one is talking about.<\/p>\n<p>Her pharmacist could have also written the\u00a0renewal prescription for her. . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/health\/women\/access-to-birth-control-isnt-just-about-doctors\" target=\"_blank\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ottawa Citizen Kelly Grindrod , Sherilyn Houle Earlier this summer, a debate was sparked by\u00a0the experience of Kate Desjardins, an Ottawa woman who went to a walk-in clinic\u00a0to renew her\u00a0birth control prescription. She was handed a letter informing her that three of the clinic physicians were\u00a0not\u00a0prescribing birth control because of their &#8220;religious values.&#8221; At the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5926\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Access to Birth Control Isn&#8217;t Just About Doctors&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,650,9],"tags":[275,293],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-contraception","category-news","tag-pharmacists","tag-referral"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Access to Birth Control Isn&#039;t Just About Doctors - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5926\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Access to Birth Control Isn&#039;t Just About Doctors - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ottawa Citizen Kelly Grindrod , Sherilyn Houle Earlier this summer, a debate was sparked by\u00a0the experience of Kate Desjardins, an Ottawa woman who went to a walk-in clinic\u00a0to renew her\u00a0birth control prescription. 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