After customers elsewhere in the U.S. have reported they were denied birth control or condoms at Walgreens stores, NY Attorney General James cautioned CVS and Walgreens that it is illegal to deny customers reproductive health products in the Empire State.
in a 2018 tweet that it allows individual employees to “step away from filling a prescription for which they have a moral objection.” It added that “they are required to refer the prescription to another pharmacist or manager on duty to meet the patient’s needs in a timely manner.”
DeAngelis added that some states also have laws requiring reasonable accommodations for moral or ethical convictions. “In such instances, employees are required to notify us in advance about such a conviction, so that if the accommodation is granted we can make other arrangements to ensure the patient’s needs are promptly satisfied,” he said.
“Pharmacies have a responsibility to safeguard New Yorkers’ health, including by providing reproductive health care medications and products,” James said in a statement. “The actions taken by some CVS and Walgreens employees in other states have sparked concerns nationwide and have raised serious questions that must be addressed."
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