Minnesota jury sides with pharmacist who refused to fill contraception prescription due to religious views
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A Minnesota jury determined that pharmacist George Badeaux did not illegally discriminate against a woman by not filling her contraception prescription due to his beliefs.
Gender Justice, an organization that represented Anderson in the case, told Minnesota Public Radio News that they will appeal the decision.
"To be clear, the law in Minnesota prohibits sex discrimination and that includes refusing to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception," said Gender Justice Legal Director Jess Braverman said in a statement. "The jury was not deciding what the law is, they were deciding the facts of what happened here in this particular case. We will appeal this decision and won’t stop fighting until Minnesotans can get the health care they need without the interference of providers putting their own personal beliefs ahead of their legal and ethical obligations to their patients."