Walgreens revamps pharmacist training after woman denied drug

Walgreens Boots Alliance plans to overhaul its training program after an Arizona woman said she was humiliated when a pharmacist, citing personal objections, refused to fill a prescription to treat her miscarriage, Bloomberg reports. A pharmacist at a Walgreens location in Phoenix suburb Peoria wouldn’t give Nicole Mone Arteaga a miscarriage drug, the report notes. Six states, including Arizona, have laws that let pharmacists refuse to dispense medication based on personal objections, the report notes. “We will provide additional training to all of our pharmacists on appropriately handling these situations in accordance with our policy,” Walgreens spokesperson Michael Polzin said. “We want the process to be as seamless as possible for the patient.”

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