Thread by @dr_moayedi

🚨 I'm getting reports from pharmacists across #Texas -they are being directed to not fill prescriptions for misoprostol, mifepristone, or methotrexate until they verify that the meds are not for induced #abortion.
#SB4 is harmful to ALL of us, even w/ #SB8 still in effect 1/

🚨 This is a classic solution in search of a problem. *NO ONE* prescribes meds for #abortion in #Texas. We dispense or administer all meds directly to the patient. THE ONLY people that need these drugs in a pharmacy either have a miscarriage, cancer, or autoimmune disease 2/

🚨 Let that sink in. Anti-abortion laws harm *all of us*. I'm urging local and national journalists to start interrogating pharmacies in #Texas about this practice. It's not only ethically bankrupt and discriminatory - it literally serves no purpose. 3/

🚨 If there is a brave #Texas #pharmacist willing to send me a screenshot of a directive from your pharmacy, I can repost without your name/ metadata. Be more than an ally, be a co-conspirator 4/

Why is it discriminatory, you ask? Well, imagine the drug misoprostol. It's FDA approved for stomach ulcers. A person who appears to be male will be able to pick it up without question-but female presenting folx will now be interrogated on diagnosis prior to dispensing. 5/

Why don't #Texas #abortion providers actually prescribe any abortion meds? Because pharmacy refusal to dispense misoprostol to female presenting folx has *always* been a problem here. Now we have laws codifying this harmful practice. 6/
#TexasDeservesBetter
#LiberateAbortion

Journalists: with all love & respect, I'm not taking interviews on this topic. I've broken the scoop & said what needs to be said, so far, from a physician perspective. Don't talk to me, talk to #Texas pharmacies, Texas #pharmacists, and Texas pharmacy technicians.
#TwitteRx 7/