(FOX 9) - Two Twin Cities pharmacists say they lost work when they refused to fulfill prescriptions for gender transition and emergency contraception.
Refusal on faith
Pharmacists won't fulfill:
They cited religious objections, but one of them says she was fired and the other had hours reduced.
So now they’re suing Walgreens and the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy.
Walgreens pharmacists Dora Ig-Izevbekhai and Rachel Scott say their Christian religion guides them against filling doctor’s prescriptions for gender transition and abortion medications.
For years, they say Walgreens let them hand off those patients to other pharmacists.
"Both Minnesota and the federal government of the United States have statutes that require employers to accommodate the religious practices of their emplo