The teen was denied a refill of her arthritis medication after Arizona's new abortion ban went into effect, because of the risks to a hypothetical fetus.
Arizona’s ban threatens two to five years in prison for providing abortion, offering exceptions only for the life of the pregnant person—an exemption that sometimesOn Tuesday, the 14-year-old girl, Emma Thompson, gave her, telling KOLD News 13 she’s been taking methotrexate all her life due to her rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions. “My entire life I was in and out of the hospital,” she said.
” Thompson said the pharmacist who helped her at Walgreens “didn’t look at my history” and “just denied my prescription because of my age.”“It’s not right,” Thompson continued. “They’re trying to make any girl who’s on this medication drop a pregnancy test when they get their medicine, and I feel like it’s really unfair.”on Twitter on Saturday that her daughter, also based in Tucson, had a similar experience: “Daughter on methotrexate till they decided not to fill her prescription yesterday.
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