Walgreens Demands Dispensing of Abortion Drugs, Pharmacists Allege
Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005
Posted: 12:12:37PM EST

Walgreens has been charged with alleged unlawful religious discrimination after firing three Illinois pharmacists who requested to be accommodated for their religious objections when dispensing the “morning after pill.”

The pharmacists say that because of their religious beliefs they cannot give out drugs such as the “morning after pill” and “Plan B.” Because they believe life begins at conception, they say such drugs would cause them to participate in an act equivalent to abortion, according to the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), the group representing the plaintiffs. The group filed the charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in St. Louis.
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