Biden administration says refusing to fill abortion medication prescriptions can violate federal civil rights law
The US Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) Office of Civil Rights Wednesday issued a legal guidance warning the country’s 60,000 retail pharmacies that refusing to fill prescriptions for medication that can be used for abortion violates federal civil rights law.
The guidance clarifies that under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act:
As recipients of federal financial assistance, including Medicare and Medicaid payments, pharmacies are prohibited from discriminating on the basis