A Tennessee pharmacist is seeking
compensation in a
lawsuit that claims he was fired
over his religious beliefs
Thomas More Society attorney Jocelyn
Floyd tells OneNewsNow that a federal lawsuit has been filed on behalf of
pharmacist Dr. Philip Hall, who worked for a Walgreens in Brentwood, Tennessee,
for six years. The attorney explains the Walgreen Company was fully aware of
Hall's religious and moral objections to dispensing abortion-causing drugs.
"And during that time they had
a standard policy in place that was an accommodation of his religious
beliefs," says Floyd, "because he did not wish to prescribe
abortifacients, which are abortion-inducing drugs – also known as 'Plan
B.'"
That accommodation, according to the
legal firm, allowed Hall to ask another pharmacist to dispense such drugs. When
the company did an "about-face" in its policy in August 2013 (due to
FDA regulations), the pharmacist followed up with both his superiors and the
corporate employee relations department to express his concerns and reiterate
his religious objections. No mention was made of a change in store policy.
A month later, when asked what he
would do if a customer asked for Plan B, he answered that he would follow the
well-known protocol he had employed during his tenure at Walgreens. He was
fired and suffered quite a financial setback.
"We expect that the law will
prevail," says Floyd. "And we hope that we can get some compensation
for Dr. Hall because in addition to losing his job, he lost several aspects of
his benefits that had been saved up within the company; and between the time of
being fired and finding a new job, he incurred a great number of medical
bills."
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