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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Trisha Ahmed

Pharmacist refused emergency contraception prescription. Court to decide if that was discrimination

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Attorneys for a woman who was denied emergency contraception in 2019 told the Minnesota Court of Appeals Thursday that the pharmacist who refused to fill the prescription discriminated against her on the basis of her sex.

But an attorney for George Badeaux, the pharmacist at Thrifty White in central Minnesota, said his refusal to provide the drug due to his religious beliefs was not a violation of state and federal law.

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