It looks like Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has taken his first hit in the war on this ”conscience clause” garbage that’s been so widely debated as of late.
While some pharmacists are insisting that they should have the right to reject women of contraceptives based on their religious or “moral” beliefs, Blagojevich recently filed a rule that requires all pharmacists in the state to fill prescriptions for contraceptives without delay. Others are even beginning to follow his lead.
Not surprisingly, Blagojevich now finds himself with a lawsuit which was filed on Wednesday by a right-wing law group, The American Center for Law and Justice. They made it on behalf of two pharmacists, claiming that the order violates their religious beliefs, reports the Chicago Tribune.
But Blagojevich’s spokesperson Abby Ottenhoff doesn’t seem too worried.
“We'll fight any attempt to stand in the way of a woman's right to be treated with dignity at the pharmacy counter. If a pharmacy is going to be in a business of stocking and dispensing contraceptives, then they shouldn't be able to make judgments about who should or should not have access to those contraceptives."
Hell yeah! I’ve never loved a state so much that I know so little about.










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I'm from Illinois, and I can tell you, it's a very odd state. Because, you see, the areas around and to the north of chicago are not only democratic, but actually a rather progressive type of liberal democrat.
However, go west or south of the city and the state gets progressively redder, becoming staunch republican at about dupage county, which is only 30 miles from the city!
Luckily, the rest of the state is only sparsely populated, and a certain democratic bent is returning to southern illinois, mostly because of all of the jobs leaving after NAFTA. The main appeal to the republicans in the southern part of the state is 2 things - the southern part of illinois is hella racist, and there is a lot of coal in southern illinois. What do you bet they are going to turn to when oil gets too expensive? Peak oil is a happy tune down there.
So yeah, we are kind of a schizo-state.
Does anyone else think this lawsuit will totally backfire?
Does anyone else think this lawsuit will totally backfire? (Against them, I mean.)