American pharmacy Walgreens facing massive online boycott after controversial “religious” incidents

American pharmacy company Walgreens is facing a massive boycott on Twitter after one of their clerks refused to sell condoms to a married couple.

The boycott on the American pharmacy Walgreens  came just days after another “religious” worker also refused to sell birth control to a woman.

Walgreens has since apologised for the incidents, but states that its police allows its workers to refuse a sale if they have a moral objection to it, whether it be for religious reasons or not.

The news has sparked an international boycott on Twitter, which has seen over 40,000 tweets using the hashtag #boycottwalgreens.

One user tweeted:

“What? If I have a medication prescribed by my physician, your pharmacist can refuse to fill it because he/she is morally opposed? What if he/she is the only pharmacist on duty? I now am morally opposed to ever stepping into Walgreens again. #BoycottWalgreens”, in response to a tweet from Walgreens that read:

“Our policy allows pharmacists to step away from filling a prescription for which they have a moral objection. At the same time, they are also required to refer the prescription to another pharmacist or manager on duty to meet the patient’s needs in a timely manner.”

What? If I have a medication prescribed by my physician, your pharmacist can refuse to fill it because he/she is morally opposed? What if he/she is the only pharmacist on duty? I now am morally opposed to ever stepping into Walgreens again. #BoycottWalgreens https://t.co/kXydEgI9eX

— 💙GrandmaG (“OverEducated, UnderLoved” LadyLawyer) (@AttorneyGrandma) July 19, 2022

Credit: Twitter @Walgreens @AttorneyGrandma

#BoycottWalgreens https://t.co/G1Y1sh6hru

— Julie Kennedy (@JkJkennedy71) July 19, 2022

Credit: Twitter @AlanMayUSA @JkJkennedy71

#BoycottWalgreens is trending because Democrats can’t get a prescription filled?!

Well, enjoy that hypocritical pity party you’re having.

You thought it was fine when pharmacists refused to fill alternative medicines for covid for SICK people.

We don’t care.

— I Am Leah (@Bossy_Leah) July 18, 2022

Credit: Twitter @Bossy_Leah

Shit, I'm a Conservative & pissed at Walgreens.

I prefer birth control WAY over abortion. #BoycottWalgreens

— Wool Chuckerly (@TaveresQuixote) July 19, 2022

Credit: Twitter @TaveresQuixote

I can’t believe @Walgreens really wants the smoke. I will happily #BoycottWalgreens for regressive nonsense. Cashiers ringing condoms, pharmacists not filling BC and data mining ppl who take pregnancy tests to out them as pregnant? Message received! https://t.co/wc5P9CjbT1

— 🇺🇦💎🙌🏽INFYNYTY (@enfynyty) July 19, 2022

Credit: Twitter @enfynyty

#BoycottWalgreens is trending because they're refusing to sell customers birth control. I will leave this here for a chuckle. But seriously, @Walgreens. WTH? pic.twitter.com/3lyl4ylCZn

— Thomas Grant Bruso (@thomgrantbruso) July 19, 2022

Credit: Twitter @thomgrantrbuso

#BoycottWalgreens https://t.co/MKg7D5tZqY

— paola🌊🐕🐈🎨 (@poala777) July 19, 2022

Credit: Twitter @VABVOX

Evidently Walgreens has allowed this to happen in various stores for years. This is nothing new and Walgreens needs to change it's policy or face a boycott #BoycottWalgreens

— gracechurch64 (@gracechurch64) July 19, 2022

Credit: Twitter @gracechurch64 @OccupyDemocrats

#WAKEUPCLT #BOYCOTTWALGREENS trending after customers say employees are refusing to sale condone and birth control bc of “moral objections”

What are your thoughts this AM? Do you support the boycott? #wcnc

— Ruby Durham (@RubyElizDurham) July 19, 2022

Credit: Twitter @RubyElizDurham

#BoycottWalgreens

— Michael Joseph Murray (@AngelInvestorOG) July 19, 2022

Credit: Twitter @AngelInvestorOG

as someone who works at walgreens, we’ve always had the right to refuse any sale we feel uncomfortable with so this is not a new thing. however i don’t think they intended on employees refusing sales of condoms and plan b. #BoycottWalgreens

— mσrgαn ⁷ ³⁵| rip naya (@baeunbin) July 19, 2022

Credit: Twitter @baeunbin

The news of the boycott on American pharmacy Walgreens follows reports of American supermarket chain Publix refusing to administer the Covid vaccine to children under the age of five.

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