The clash over reproductive rights has entered into local drugstore now. The Legislators in at least 26 states have introduced bills that would allow pharmacists to refuse to fill birth control prescriptions if it offends their religious or moral beliefs. The issue has sparked a national debate over reproductive rights, a fierce debate over the competing rights of pharmacists to refuse to participate in something they consider repugnant vs. a woman’s right to get medications her doctor has prescribed. It has started pitched political battles in State Houses across the nation as politicians seek to pass laws either to protect pharmacists from being penalized or force them to carry out their duties.
