(Feminist.org) Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced legislation to protect women's access to contraception in response to recent reports that women seeking birth control or emergency contraception (EC) have been turned away by pharmacists. The legislation would require all pharmacies to fill all prescriptions or refer customers to someone who will, despite pharmacists’ so-called religious or ethical objections to the nature of the prescription, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Women in a dozen states have reportedly been turned away by pharmacists, and at times, even lectured.