Not From My Pharmacy, You Don't!

More from the never-ending-war-on-women files:

Illinois pharmacists cannot be forced to sell the "morning-after" pill, a judge ruled Tuesday, saying it violates state law.

Judge John Belz ruled in favor of two pharmacy owners who filed a lawsuit about six years ago over the 2005 rule imposed by then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich. They said they would not dispense the emergency contraception on religious grounds.

Belz agreed, saying the pharmacists are protected by the Illinois Healthcare Right of Conscience Act. The act was designed to protect individuals from providing healthcare services that violate their beliefs.

"It is a pill that ends life," said Chicago pharmacist Glenn Kosirog, who won the circuit court ruling. "And I can count on both hands other pharmacies in our area where they could get it [instead]."

For the life of me, I cannot understand this ruling. But then again, I don’t really understand how healthcare providers can be exempt from providing services that violate their personal beliefs. The slippery slope is just way, way, way too steep.