[Texas_Jarhead]

Re: your highlight - sounds fishy but PP would never engage in such a setup would they? /sarc

[George from New England]

It’s not about Wal-mart. If Wal-mart wasn’t there it would be the next largest pharmacy.

This is good news but I don’t expect much more news on the positive side coming out of Illinois.

[Marathoner]

it won't affect an executive order from Gov. Rod Blagojevich in 2005 that requires all pharmacists to fill any prescription for a legal, drug, including any drug that could cause an abortion.

I tell you what, if Gov. Blagos##t was half as concerned about the economy of this state as he is about promoting abortions, we'd be a heck of a lot better off.

[mefistofelerevised]

Pharmacists are middle men. Get another job. Enough of this. Keep your religious beliefs at church, not in medicine.

[TASMANIANRED]

“the morning after pill, which can cause an abortion in limited circumstances”

The whole purpose of the drug is to cause death every time it is used...Not in limited circumstances..

[BKerr]

Although I am as pro-life as they come, I don’t agree with this judge’s ruling (except that there is a law that she cites that sounds like it’s provides protection for this pharmacist). This is the same logic as the Muslims use when they don’t want to handle pork at a cash register due to “moral and/or religious” prohibitions. I think, though, that Wal-Mart is taking a chance at pi$$ing off its main consumer base as a lot of liberals won’t shop there anyways due to their ongoing fight with organized labor.

However, as a libertarian (with a small L), I don't believe it's an employee's right, and especially not the government's role, to tell a private employer what he will sell, or not sell. If that pharmacist doesn't want to sell that pill, then he needs to find employment at a pharmacy that refuses to carry that pill, or better yet, open his own pharmacy.

[muawiyah]

Wal-Mart's lawyer sounds remarkably like the Black Knight in Monte Python and the Holy Grail.

Don't these guys ever watch funny movies or is it "Industrial Accidents" and "Hazmat Risks" all the way down.

[Huntress]

I’m with Wal-Mart on this one. It’s up to the business owner to decide what the business sells. It’s up to the employee to sell the merchandise. If the employee doesn’t like it, he can get another job or, better yet start his own business where he makes the decisions.

[kcvl]

Vandersand was the only pharmacist on duty at the Wal-Mart store when a Planned Parenthood staff member seeking the Plan B drugs presented the script. The staffer eventually went to another pharmacy in town.

Sounds like a set up to me. Why didn't the 'patient' pick up their own prescription?

[kcvl]

it won't affect an executive order from Gov. Rod Blagojevich in 2005 that requires all pharmacists to fill any prescription for a legal, drug, including any drug that could cause an abortion

Of course not. Liberals get to decide YOUR CHOICE, if it's not the same as theirs!

"US Representative Rod Blagojevich voted three times against bills that would require notice to a parent or guardian before an abortion could be performed on a minor."

He voted to support public funding to groups that provide abortion services, counseling or advocacy.

On September 25th, Blagojevich voted No on HR-4691, a bill that would protect medical personnel, hospitals, insurance companies and health maintenance organizations from being forced to perform abortions, fund abortions, or refer for abortions under the "conscience" clauses.

[Always Right]

However, the statement isn't her final ruling in the case and it won't affect an executive order from Gov. Rod Blagojevich in 2005 that requires all pharmacists to fill any prescription for a legal, drug, including any drug that could cause an abortion.

Because that executive order is illegal on its face. The governor can't write rules that effect non-government employees.

[LanPB01]

A pathetic decision which further muddies the waters of freedom of religion and employment in this country. If you don’t want to distribute the drug, either open your own pharmacy or work for an employer that doesn’t sell it.