🧵Since the Dobbs Decision was issued and state abortion bans have taken effect, people with disabilities and chronic health conditions have been suddenly denied access to medications they'd used for years to manage their symptoms and treat flares. 1/4 #BansOffOurBodies
The reason for these denials? Medications like methotrexate, commonly used to treat conditions like rheumatoid arthritis & lupus, are abortifacient. In states where abortion is criminalized, so too could supplying these meds to anyone who needs them. #DisabledAndProChoice 2/4
@AAPD and others raised these concerns to @HHSGov & @WhiteHouse, and they were responsive. Today, HHS issued guidance to pharmacists that they may not refuse to fill prescriptions for methotrexate and similar meds. 3/4 #DisabledAndProChoice hhs.gov/sites/default/…
Doing so may be disability discrimination & violate obligations under Section 504 for the Rehab Act and Section 1557 of the ACA. This likely wont be the last we see of such denials, but hopefully it will help, and I am proud to have played a part in making it happen. 4/4
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