Theophrastes ([info]pameladean) wrote,
@ 2005-05-09 16:11:00
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Ten thousand cheers for HCMC
Today I went, as I do twice a month, downtown to the Hennepin County Medical Center Out-Patient Pharmacy to pick up a subset of my antihypertensive medication. I rushed right past a new sign decorated with information brochures, and then stopped dead as my brain registered the words "Emergency Contraception." With a feeling of trepidation, I backed up and read the sign more thoroughly. "Emergency Contraception. Available at HCMC, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Ask your doctor or come to the pharmacy. No prescription required." Then there were a few paragraphs defining emergency contraception and discussing how it worked.

Bless their hearts. And take that, you antediluvian anti-scientific misogynistic theocratic authoritarian creeps. Put that in your over-controlling hypocritical lying pipe and smoke it until you choke.

I have David's cold. I think I'd have posted about the same thing even if I were in robust health, however.

P.



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[info]fairestcat
2005-05-09 09:15 pm UTC (link)
And you said it beautifullly.

*cheers heartily*

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[info]commodorified
2005-05-09 09:15 pm UTC (link)
I kiss them all. And take them good coffee.

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[info]dremiel
2005-05-09 09:23 pm UTC (link)
And cheers to you -I needed to hear this today! I'm feeling much warmer toward the world suddenly.

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[info]raphaela
2005-05-09 09:30 pm UTC (link)
Would that such a thing were not necessary, but since it is... I'm glad something is available.

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Yes to everybody
[info]markiv1111
2005-05-09 09:32 pm UTC (link)
Yes to everybody and everything. I believe in health care in this state and it is really, really good to know that something big is going right.

Nate

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[info]suzilem
2005-05-09 09:34 pm UTC (link)
I have a daughter who lives and works in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. I am vastly relieved to know that if she ever needs access, there is a place she can go. Thanks for telling us about this.

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[info]juliansinger
2005-05-09 09:38 pm UTC (link)
OK, that's really great. Thank you.

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[info]redbird
2005-05-09 09:53 pm UTC (link)
More points for HCMC.

I've been fond of them ever since accompanying someone to Orthopedic Emergency a couple of Minicons ago.

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[info]jenett
2005-05-09 10:22 pm UTC (link)
Oh, that is so cool. Go them. Mightily.

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[info]sartorias
2005-05-09 10:32 pm UTC (link)
Oh, good for them.

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[info]sdorn
2005-05-10 12:36 am UTC (link)
I have David's cold.

Give it back!

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[info]shotboxer
2005-05-10 12:56 am UTC (link)
What you said :) And I hope you feel better soon.

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[info]jinian
2005-05-10 01:42 am UTC (link)
That's really great. Taking EC was not a fun experience for me, but it's so much better than the alternatives.

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[info]kalmn
2005-05-10 05:45 am UTC (link)
what jinian said. when i did it i wandered off to some clinic that i'd never heard of in downtown minneapolis, which was okay, but scary and more than i needed at the time. (i feel lucky that i'm not phobic about doctors.)

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[info]porphyrin
2005-05-10 02:00 am UTC (link)
HCMC does a lot of things very right indeed.

Let us all hope and pray that the county, in its wisdom, does not decide to shut it down.

Sorry to hear you're under the weather!

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Beautiful
[info]castleclear
2005-05-10 03:08 am UTC (link)
Dear Beautiful,
I couldn't have said better myself. Thank you for having words for this. It's such a Given I can't believe it took this long for progress, not "Progress".

Love,

j.

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[info]asimovberlioz
2005-05-10 03:47 am UTC (link)
Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhxcellent!

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[info]vassilissa
2005-05-10 08:57 am UTC (link)
Huzzah!

That's a wonderful thing to read.

I hope you feel better soon, entertaining as those strings of adjectives were to read.

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[info]17catherines
2005-05-11 01:02 am UTC (link)
Wonderful to hear some GOOD news about EC for a change!

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