Posted on Dec 22, 2023
Pharmacist refused emergency contraception prescription. Court to decide if that was...
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Attorneys for a woman who was denied emergency contraception in 2019 told the Minnesota Court of Appeals Thursday that the pharmacist who refused to fill the prescription discriminated against her on the basis of her sex.
But an attorney for George Badeaux, the pharmacist at Thrifty White in central Minnesota, said his refusal to provide the drug due to his religious beliefs was not a violation of state and federal law.
A jury ruled last year that Badeaux did not discriminate against Andrea Anderson, a mother and foster parent, when he refused to fill her prescription for Ella, a drug that is used to stop a pregnancy before it starts. The jury also awarded Anderson $25,000 due to emotional harm — money she can’t collect because there was no finding of discrimination, said Jess Braverman, one of Anderson’s lawyers.
But an attorney for George Badeaux, the pharmacist at Thrifty White in central Minnesota, said his refusal to provide the drug due to his religious beliefs was not a violation of state and federal law.
A jury ruled last year that Badeaux did not discriminate against Andrea Anderson, a mother and foster parent, when he refused to fill her prescription for Ella, a drug that is used to stop a pregnancy before it starts. The jury also awarded Anderson $25,000 due to emotional harm — money she can’t collect because there was no finding of discrimination, said Jess Braverman, one of Anderson’s lawyers.
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SFC John D.
I don't understand the lawsuit. The progressive-left swears that there is no objective standard of a "man" or a "woman". How could she have been discriminated against based on something that in the progressive-left's mind doesn't exist?
The article mentioned "pregnancy-related discrimination", but the progressive-left believes that men can get pregnant .. so where's the discrimination? What's next, claiming that speeding tickets are discriminatory because they are "driver-related discrimination"?
And driving 100 miles to another pharmacy? There wasn't one just up the road, but there was one 12 miles away according to Google Maps. You really have to wonder about the intelligence and common sense of the left when they drive 100 miles to another pharmacy when there is one much closer.
The article mentioned "pregnancy-related discrimination", but the progressive-left believes that men can get pregnant .. so where's the discrimination? What's next, claiming that speeding tickets are discriminatory because they are "driver-related discrimination"?
And driving 100 miles to another pharmacy? There wasn't one just up the road, but there was one 12 miles away according to Google Maps. You really have to wonder about the intelligence and common sense of the left when they drive 100 miles to another pharmacy when there is one much closer.
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I am sure that wasn't the only pharmacy in the area. How about Walmart?
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SFC John D.
It gets even better to show the activists of the progressive-left. I was curious, so I (unlike a lot of the progressive-left who seem to lack the ability to do so) decided to dig up the facts of the case and came across the court documents. Here's what the key points are
- Anderson had a condom fail and got a prescription from her doctor for 'Ella' (an emergency contraception drug) sent to the Pharmacy (Thrifty White). Badeaux is one of two pharmacists that works there.
- That pharmacy had never received a prior request for Ella and did not keep the drug in stock, but did stock "Plan B" and has that available over-the-counter. The pharmacy tech placed Ella on the drug-order list and it would be shipped to them overnight and could be dispensed the next day.
- Badeaux does not dispense certain emergency contraceptives (ones that could terminate a life (fertilized egg)) based on his religious beliefs, but the other pharmacist (Grand) would dispense it. There was a forecast of snow and ice and both pharmacists live more than an hour away from the pharmacy so he couldn't determine with certainty if Grand would be on duty tomorrow.
- Badeaux contacted Anderson to let her know that the Ella prescription would arrive the next day, but with the forecast, it's possible that Grand wouldn't be able to make it in and wouldn't be able to dispense it. However, she could keep the prescription at Thrifty and get it if Grand comes in the morning or when he's available, he could transfer it to a closer pharmacy, or he could transfer it to a pharmacy of her choice.
- Anderson said to transfer it to Walgreens in Brainerd (the one that is "100 miles away") which Badeaux did and then removed the drug Ella from the order list.
Shows a much different context that the far-left outrage warriors want to project about "forcing" someone to drive "100 miles in the snow and ice" because "she was discriminated against".
A comment about the weather - Weather conditions the next day were not extreme and both Grand and Badeaux both made it to work. If Anderson hadn’t transferred her prescription, she could have filled it at Thrifty White that day. This also shows the lie that she was forced to drive "100 miles in snow and ice" as she claimed.
If you read the court case, Anderson was the unreasonable one that immediately went into 'progressive activist mode' and Badeaux was the reasonable one, repeatedly tried to help her out, and had other options she could do immediately, only that he wouldn't personally dispense it because of his beliefs.
Another case of the far-left projecting their views as the only way to do something.
https://adfmedialegalfiles.blob.core.windows.net/files/ThriftyWhitePharmacyAppelleesBrief.pdf
- Anderson had a condom fail and got a prescription from her doctor for 'Ella' (an emergency contraception drug) sent to the Pharmacy (Thrifty White). Badeaux is one of two pharmacists that works there.
- That pharmacy had never received a prior request for Ella and did not keep the drug in stock, but did stock "Plan B" and has that available over-the-counter. The pharmacy tech placed Ella on the drug-order list and it would be shipped to them overnight and could be dispensed the next day.
- Badeaux does not dispense certain emergency contraceptives (ones that could terminate a life (fertilized egg)) based on his religious beliefs, but the other pharmacist (Grand) would dispense it. There was a forecast of snow and ice and both pharmacists live more than an hour away from the pharmacy so he couldn't determine with certainty if Grand would be on duty tomorrow.
- Badeaux contacted Anderson to let her know that the Ella prescription would arrive the next day, but with the forecast, it's possible that Grand wouldn't be able to make it in and wouldn't be able to dispense it. However, she could keep the prescription at Thrifty and get it if Grand comes in the morning or when he's available, he could transfer it to a closer pharmacy, or he could transfer it to a pharmacy of her choice.
- Anderson said to transfer it to Walgreens in Brainerd (the one that is "100 miles away") which Badeaux did and then removed the drug Ella from the order list.
Shows a much different context that the far-left outrage warriors want to project about "forcing" someone to drive "100 miles in the snow and ice" because "she was discriminated against".
A comment about the weather - Weather conditions the next day were not extreme and both Grand and Badeaux both made it to work. If Anderson hadn’t transferred her prescription, she could have filled it at Thrifty White that day. This also shows the lie that she was forced to drive "100 miles in snow and ice" as she claimed.
If you read the court case, Anderson was the unreasonable one that immediately went into 'progressive activist mode' and Badeaux was the reasonable one, repeatedly tried to help her out, and had other options she could do immediately, only that he wouldn't personally dispense it because of his beliefs.
Another case of the far-left projecting their views as the only way to do something.
https://adfmedialegalfiles.blob.core.windows.net/files/ThriftyWhitePharmacyAppelleesBrief.pdf
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