{"id":9956,"date":"2019-12-12T19:24:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T03:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9956"},"modified":"2023-01-22T14:44:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T22:44:19","slug":"woman-suing-two-pharmacies-after-being-denied-emergency-contraception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9956","title":{"rendered":"(News) Woman suing two pharmacies after being denied emergency contraception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The US case brings to light concerns around conscientious objection at a time when a federal religious discrimination bill is being debated in Australia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sheshtyn Paola<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/austjpharm.jpg\" alt=\"Australian Journal of Pharmacy\" class=\"wp-image-11264\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Australian Journal of Pharmacy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Exract<\/strong><br>A woman has filed a lawsuit against a Thrifty White Pharmacy and a CVS Pharmacy in Minnesota in the US, alleging the two pharmacies illegally kept her from accessing emergency contraception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            Andrea Anderson, a 39-year-old mother of five, says she asked the pharmacist at her drugstore in Minnesota more than once why he couldn\u2019t fill her prescription for emergency contraception, according to the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/woman-sues-after-being-denied-emergency-contraceptives-at-two-pharmacies-in-central-minnesota\/566048441\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Star Tribune<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>             \u201cI then realised what was happening: he was refusing to fill my prescription for emergency contraception because he did not believe in it,\u201d Ms Anderson said on Tuesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paola  S. <a href=\"https:\/\/ajp.com.au\/news\/woman-suing-two-pharmacies-after-being-denied-emergency-contraception\/\">Woman suing two pharmacies after being denied emergency contraception<\/a>. 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