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Breakpoint

Christian Nurse Wins Settlement with CVS Over Contraception

Breakpoint

Colson Center

News, Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Christianity

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

Employee religious conviction rights a new battleground as more drugstore chains offer the abortion pill.

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0:00.0

With a one minute look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with the point.

0:05.0

Last month, CBS, one of America's biggest pharmacy chains, settled with nurse practitioner, Christian Robin Strader.

0:10.0

She sued the company for not accommodating her religious convictions about contraception.

0:15.0

In 2021, CBS stopped providing any accommodations regarding what they called pregnancy prevention services.

0:21.0

Forced to choose between her job and her faith, Strader, a CVS minute clinic employee, who had never had to prescribe

0:27.1

contraceptive since she started working there in 2015, sued the company for violating her religious freedoms.

0:32.3

First Liberty Institute Senior Council Stephanie Taw. the company

0:34.2

for violating her religious freedoms.

0:32.4

First Liberty Institute senior counsel, Stephanie Taub, who helped represent Strader,

0:36.4

hopes that now other companies across the country

0:39.2

will recognize the religious liberty of their employees and work to protect those rights.

0:43.6

Yes, let's hope so. After all, with CVS set to offer the abortion pill at more of its stores,

0:49.2

cases like this are likely to become more common.

0:52.1

Nurses and pharmacists who have religious convictions need more than just settlements.

0:56.1

They need companies and employers to respect their religious convictions and not force

1:00.0

them to choose between their faith and their livelihood.

1:02.4

I'm John Stone Street.

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