Nurse practitioner says CVS fired her for refusing to give abortion drugs

[In It to Win It]

A former nurse practitioner who worked at a MinuteClinic in Virginia is suing CVS Health, alleging that the company fired her because she refused to give certain contraceptives or abortion-inducing drugs, in keeping with her religious beliefs.

Attorneys for Paige Casey said in a lawsuit filed in a county circuit court that CVS, which owns MinuteClinic, exempted the nurse for more than two and a half years from prescribing certain contraceptive drugs or devices that cause an abortion. It specifically cited Plan B and Ella, which are commonly referred to as morning-after pills. Casey was granted the accommodation after she wrote a request to the company based on her Catholic beliefs, the lawsuit said.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/nurse-practitioner-says-cvs-fired-002146610.html

[lindysalsagal]

1. Paige-If you wanna become a nun, go for it. Free country.

Otherwise, a job is a job.

[Ilsa]

2. Maybe she needs a different job if she expects others with

prescription authority to be called in on her shift. Did she tell cvs in her interview she wouldn't write certain scripts?

Why is she a former NP? Did she lose her credentials and then decide to sue.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. .

Did she tell cvs in her interview she wouldn't write certain scripts?

She did, and they granted her an accommodation to avoid doing so for a couple of years. But then CVS changed its policy last year.

[3Hotdogs]

3. Paige, pet grooming places are always looking for qualified practitioners.

In the meantime, ....

[Thomas Hurt]

4. You are free to refusing doing your job, your employer is free to fire your ass.

[GoCubsGo]

5. No, Paige. They fired you for not doing your job.

You were told that they would no longer make accommodations to your religious superstitions. If you couldn't abide by that, then it was up to you to find another job. You didn't.

[spanone]

6. Does ms casey refuse to give out other prescriptions? She's no doctor.

CVS did the right thing.

[Freddie]

7. Medications prescribed as birth control DO NOT CAUSE ABORTIONS

Can we get a little science into this argument? And those drugs that actually do “cause abortions” are only prescribed at the pharmacy for miscarriages or (god forbid) ulcers or arthritis. I believe that to actually have an elective medication abortion the pills are only available at abortion providers or in the mail via telemedicine - not at your local CVS.

[Jirel]

8. Fire them all.

Better yet, a required interview question should be whether a medical staffer would refuse to prescribe/supply/whatever contraception, abortion, or other meds. If they say no, they’re automatically disqualified. Bye.

This was a question I was asked by my ex-boss as a LAWYER. Way back when I worked for a judge, one of his interview questions was whether I would have any problems handling emergency orders to allow teens to have an abortion without parental consent. I said HELL no, I have no problem with it. Best boss I ever had.

[Emile]

10. Sounds like the nurse needs a new profession.

[onecaliberal]

11. Good. Can't do the job duties. Don't get to keep working there.

[walkingman]

12. Christian Nationalism is America's greatest threat.

[malaise]

13. Good

Eff her

[TheBlackAdder]

14. How do Virginia's Right-To-Work (Right for your employer to fire your ass at their whim) apply here?

[pamdb]

15. Good

If you want to be a Catholic nurse practitioner, go work in a catholic hospital. They're everywhere. They'e gobbling up regualr
hospitals like ants at a picnic.

[Irish_Dem]

16. If you do not want to adhere to medical standard of care, find another line of work.