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"Today we learned that Pat
Robert[son]'s American Center for Law and Justice has filed a
lawsuit to prevent us from ensuring that women have equal access to
health care. We will vigorously defend a woman's right to get her
prescription for birth control filled without delay, without hassle
and without a lecture. If a pharmacy wants to be in the business of
dispensing contraceptives, then it must fill prescriptions without
making moral judgments. Pharmacists -- like everyone else -- are
free to hold personal religious beliefs, but pharmacies are not free
to let those beliefs stand in the way of their obligation to their
customers."
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Responding to complaints filed
against a licensed Illinois pharmacy that refused to dispense
prescription contraceptives, Gov. Rod Blagojevich filed an emergency
rule on April 1 clarifying that pharmacies in Illinois that sell
contraceptives must accept and fill prescriptions for contraceptives
without delay. The emergency rule is effective for 150 days. The
Blagojevich administration is seeking a permanent rule to replace
the emergency rule when it expires.
[News release from the governor's
office]
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