Ill.-- Pharmacists can object to dispensing 'morning-after' pill....

[bliss_eternal]

Ill. Supreme Court: Pharmacists can go to court to object to dispensing 'morning-after' pill

By CARLA K. JOHNSON | Associated Press Writer
7:25 PM CST, December 18, 2008

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois pharmacists who object to dispensing emergency contraception won another day in court to fight a rule they claim forces them to choose between their livelihood and conscience.

The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday said the circuit court must consider a lawsuit brought by two pharmacists who claim they should not be required to dispense emergency contraception because it violates their religious beliefs. Lower courts had dismissed those claims and refused to hear the case.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich in 2005 issued a rule prohibiting pharmacies from turning away women seeking emergency contraception, sometimes called the morning-after pill.

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I cannot follow my religion's teachings and continue to be involved" in emergency contraception, said pharmacist Luke Vander Bleek, 45, a Catholic who runs pharmacies in Morrison, Sycamore and Genoa. Vander Bleek, who filed the lawsuit along with another pharmacist-business owner, said his stores don't stock or dispense emergency contraception.

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excerpted from:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/sns-ap-morning-after-pill,0,2881799.story

[ismnotwasm]

1. Dumbasses

Do they continue to dispense birth control? Same hormones in many cases, smaller doses.

[MountainLaurel]

2. Emboldened by this new rule, they might not

The fundangelicals have long admitted that their ultimate goal to limit access to contraceptives, so I can completely see a point where they refuse to fill scrips for the Pill.