Conscientious Objection: Not Just For the Military Anymore

A pharmacist working for Walgreen's in Milwaukee, Wisconsin refuses to fill a prescription for emergency contraception (EC) [1]. In Louisiana, another pharmacist sends a couple, instructed by their physician not to get pregnant for 2-3 years following cesarean section, 30 miles out of their way because he believes birth control is "œtantamount to abortion" and he "did not want to commit a sin" [2].

In Texas, a rape survivor is turned away by three pharmacists refusing to fill her EC prescription on moral grounds [3].

In New Hampshire a woman with a legal prescription for EC was... (more)

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