Pharmacists OK Birth Control Deal
By CHRISTOPHER WILLS
Associated Press Writer
October 10, 2007

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois pharmacists who object to dispensing emergency birth control would be allowed to let someone else fill the prescription under a deal that could settle a lawsuit against the state.

Trained technicians or store owners would contact a pharmacist at another location, then follow his or her directions for dispensing the morning-after pill.

The compromise means pharmacists would not have to offer a drug they oppose on moral grounds, but minors who need it (adults can obtain emergency contraceptives without a prescription) would not be turned away. the rest