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Aug 05, 2022
BREAKING: Minnesota jury rules a pharmacist who refused the morning-after pill because of his 'beliefs' did not violate a woman's civil rights

A Minnesota jury ruled Friday that a pharmacist who refused to fill a prescription for a morning-after pill because of his “beliefs” did not violate a woman’s civil rights under state law but inflicted emotional harm and awarded her $25,000 in damages.

Andrea Anderson, who filed the civil lawsuit against pharmacist George Badeaux in 2019 after she was forced to make a 100-mile round trip to get the contraceptive, said she intends to appeal the jury verdict to the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

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