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Pharmacy in Sevilla wins right to withhold morning-after pill
http://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2015/07/09/pharmacy-in-seville-wins-right-to-withhold-morning-after-pill/Spanish court rules that a fine for not selling the morning-after pill violates pharmacist's ideological rights
Pharmacy in Sevilla wins right to withhold morning-after pill
By Nina Chausow - PUBLISHED -
9 Jul, 2015 @ 12:00
LAST UPDATED: 9 Jul, 2015 @ 10:50
The Spanish Constitutional Court has ruled that pharmacies can refuse to sell the morning-after pill to women.
The case challenged a 2008 fine given to a pharmacy in Sevilla by regional health authorities after it refused to sell both condoms and the morning-after pill.
Spanish law requires pharmacies to provide both forms of contraception over the counter since 2009.
While the court upheld the penalty for not stocking condoms, it ruled that pharmacists cannot be legally obligated to sell a product that goes against their belief about the right to life.
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