Pat Robertson attacks Walgreens over IL pharmacist suspensions

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

Walgreen's policy allows their pharmacists to pick 'n choose what drugs they dispense. But not in Illinois, where last April Gov. Rod Blajojevich issued an emergency rule mandating stores that dispense contraceptives to fill any prescription for birth control without delay. That includes emergency contraception, which is NOT an "abortion pill."

So when four IL Walgreen's pharmacists refused to dispense EC, Walgreen's (coincidentally headquartered in IL) put them on unpaid leave on November 28.

Now Walgreen's is in a damned-if-you-do-or-don't position thanks to the execrable Pat Robertson, whose "American Center for Law and Justice" has filed a religious discrimination complaint with the EEOC.

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"Since the pharmacists believe that human life begins at conception, they conclude that dispensing such drugs would require them to participate in the moral equivalent of abortion," the Washington-based group said in a statement.

(Emergency contraception doesn't even work if fertilization has already taken place. You would think a pharmacist would know that.)

"It is strictly stated in state law that pharmacists must fill prescriptions for emergency contraceptions," said Tiffani Bruce, a spokeswoman for Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreen. "Anyone who takes issue with this law needs to address it with the state or the governor."

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Will the hounds of the Christian Right bring suit against the state of Illinois? Stay tuned...

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