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Court: Illinois Can't Force Sale of 'Morning After' Pill

Pharmacists who object on moral grounds can bow out

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 22, 2012 9:41 AM CDT

(Newser) – Illinois pharmacists who don't want to sell the "morning after" contraceptive pill on religious grounds now have the green light to pull it from their shelves. An Illinois appeals court ruled that the state can't force pharmacists to sell the pill, sold under the brand name Plan B, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. The legal fight has been winding through the courts ever since then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich ordered pharmacies to sell the emergency contraceptive in 2005. The decision follows a similar one in Washington state earlier this year, notes NBCNews.com.

This frame grab from video shows a box of Plan B morning after pill.
This frame grab from video shows a box of Plan B morning after pill.   (AP Photo)
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TopsyKrets
Sep 23, 2012 10:28 AM CDT
If your religion prevents you from selling health products the market demands - you should not be in the health business.
janelanejones
Sep 23, 2012 5:15 AM CDT
a state licensed professional refusing treatment based on religion, eh? it infringes on their religions rights? imagine a muslim public school teacher refusing to instruct students who eat during ramadan. imagine police and firefighters refusing to work on the sabbath, christmas, or easter. where the fuck does it end?  if you go into a service job licensed by the state that requires you to serve the public, then you forfeit certain rights. if you don't like it, then don't go into that kind of work.   
janelanejones
Sep 23, 2012 4:33 AM CDT
let's go ahead with allowing pharmacists their "rights". pretty soon some pharmacist in a small town will get converted to some radical faith healing shit and not dispense any drugs of any kind. despite putting many lives in danger, his supposed constitutional rights to religion will protect him from lawsuits or losing his job. the local townspeople will have to travel for miles in search for their drugs. when they have a panic attack and realize they need their anxiety medication needs filling, they'll reach the next city only to find a pharmacist who has recently converted to scientology. the pharmacist will refuse to dispense the xanax and prozac (because scientologists don't believe in that shit). the townspeople will bitch about the pharmacists imposing their beliefs onto them. slippery slope.
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