Nicole Arteaga posted on Facebook about her encounter at an Arizona Walgreens.
A Walgreens pharmacist in Arizona denied miscarriage medicine to a pregnant mom who was told by her doctor that she was going to lose the baby.
Nicole Arteaga was two months into her pregnancy when she was told that the baby’s development had stopped and would end in a miscarriage, she wrote in a social media post on Friday. She was given the choice of prescription medication or a hospital procedure to terminate the pregnancy, and she chose to go to a drugstore in Peoria.
“I stood at the mercy of this pharmacist explaining my situation in front of my 7-year-old, and five customers standing behind only to be denied because of his ethical beliefs,” she said.
She said she has endured the pain of a miscarriage before.
Arteaga later received an email that her prescription was ready at a location across town. She said she picked it up from the other Walgreens without incident.
She filed a complaint with the Arizona Board of Pharmacy.
Walgreens said in a statement it apologized for the way the situation was handled.