Pharmacists Fight Law Prohibiting Religious Objections to Plan B Dispensing

January 13, 2016

(Pharmacy Times) – A Washington State pharmacy and 2 pharmacists continue to fight a law prohibiting the state’s pharmacists from using religious objections to refuse to dispense emergency contraceptives. Rhonda Mesler and Margo Thelen, the 2 pharmacists objecting to the law, do not wish to work for a pharmacy that stocks emergency contraception. Mesler said she would need to move outside the state if the law was upheld, while Thelen stated that she had to transfer to a different pharmacy because her requests regarding Plan B could not be accommodated.