The lawsuit challenges an October settlement agreement between the Trump administration and Notre Dame that paved the way for the university to drop some contraceptive coverage from the health insurance plans covering 17,000 employees, students...
According to the National Women’s Law Center, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi and South Dakota have laws or regulations that allow pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for religious or moral reasons. In Alabama, Delaware,...
Walgreens said the policy applies to all of its pharmacies across the country. But state laws on pharmacies vary: Six states, including Arizona, have laws or regulations that allow pharmacists to refuse to dispense medication...
Pharmacists in six states (including Arizona, where Arteaga is from) are protected by a "conscience clause," which states that they have the right to refuse to perform certain services that they feel violate their personal...
Arizona’s law, according to Kelli Garcia, director of reproductive justice at the National Women’s Law Center, is specific to emergency contraception, but also lacks affirmative protections for patients. “That can lead patients vulnerable to these...
Arteaga opted for the medication. But she says that when she went to pick up the pills, the pharmacist refused to give them to her, citing his own ethical reasons. Arizona is one of six...
