September 10, 2015
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday refused to rethink its ruling upholding a Washington state law requiring pharmacies, even those with religious objections, to provide customers with Plan B and other forms of emergency contraception, denying a petition for en banc or panel rehearing.
November 20, 2014
Washington state officials Thursday urged the Ninth Circuit to overturn a lower court ruling that repealed regulations requiring pharmacists to carry emergency contraceptives like Plan B, saying the rule improves access to time-sensitive medicine and that there is no evidence the state has discriminated on the basis of religion.