Federal Judge Refuses to Lift Injunction Allowing Wash. Pharmacists To Refuse To Sell Plan B

AP/ Seattle Post Intelligencer: Judge again rules druggists can deny morning-after pill, by Curt Woodward:

Pharmacists and drug store owners in Washington can still refuse to sell the "morning-after pill" if they have religious objections to the emergency contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Friday.

U.S. District Judge Ronald Leighton's decision, a defeat for Gov. Chris Gregoire, is the latest twist in long-running legal and political battles over the morning-after pill, which is sold as Plan B.