State officials are reviewing allegations that a Milwaukee pharmacist working at Walgreens refused to give a woman emergency contraception. Today (5/17) a senate commitee will consider legal protections for pharmacists who don’t want to fill birth control prescriptions. Planned Parenthood says that’s wrong and is taking out full page newspaper ads to convince Walgreens and the public to do something to stop the practice. Shamane Mills reports…
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