Plan B Olympia

A lot of people are wondering if the boycott is continuing, now that Plan B is “over-the-counter.”

The answer to that is yes: we will continue boycotting until Plan B is stocked at Ralph’s.

Although widening access to Plan B is a step in the right direction, the current plan recently approved by the FDA allows only for sales to women 18 and over, with sales allowed only in pharmacies.

This change in status does not mean that Plan B will be available in more outlets in Olympia, so the access issues our community is facing remain very much the same.  (This FDA decision will actually have a far bigger impact on women in other states where a prescription was always required.)

However, in an interview with Brad Shannon of the Olympian, Kevin Stormans stated he will be reconsidering his Plan B policy.  It’s important to keep the pressure on while this is being mulled over.

Let’s continue to show Ralph’s Thriftway how Olympia feels about women’s rights!  Come out and picket with us in front of Ralph’s on Tuesday, August 29 from 5-7.

We got great media coverage this week! Check out these news articles:

• The Olympian: Women contest Plan B stances
• The Seattle Times: Olympia women complain after pharmacies refuse prescriptions
• The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: 9 women complain Plan B not at pharmacies

And both of the Seattle papers had very positive editorials:

• The Seattle PI: Contraception: Politics of Plan B
• The Seattle Times: Editorials & Opinion: Plan B should be readily available

Our events calendar has been updated with planned protests for August.  Please come and support us.  Bring your own signs, or use our stock of big colorful signs.

We’ll also have a table at the Homo A Go Go Craft Fair on Friday with information, buttons, and pledge cards.  Come on over and say hi!