She was at our monthly meeting Tuesday nite.....BUT...she is bad on GUNS and Women's choice...she said a pharmacist can refuse b.c. pill refill if his religion is against it...so NO , not Kathleen...

I like most of her stances very much. I don't think she's as unifying a candidate as we need to best s vulnerable Walker. But I trust primary voters next week to make the call.

Please see her website at https://www.kathleenvinehout.org/women-s-health to get the correct information.

She wants birth control to be available to everyone who wants it. I encourage you and others who have heard anything to the contrary to read a letter she wrote to the Eau Claire Leader Telegram in 2008 that makes her position absolutely clear. In a nutshell: (1) this scenario is extremely rare; (2) the Wisconsin Constitution prohibits interfering with rights of conscience; (3) courts have ruled that there must be an appropriate balance in this matter. Kathleen proposed an amendment that imposed an affirmative duty on every pharmacist and pharmacy to see that the prescriptions are filled or else risk disciplinary action (an objecting pharmacist could refrain from handing over the pills but must make sure that someone else does it promptly).

The letter ends this way: "This issue was resolved in the next legislative session when language was introduced and passed with the support of Planned Parenthood which placed the responsibility for timely filling of prescriptions on the pharmacy. Sen. Vinehout voted yes for passage."

More on Kathleen Vinehout's positions on women's health and abortion: https://www.kathleenvinehout.org/women-s-health