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STORMANS INC. v. SELECKY

Case No. C07-5374 RBL.

844 F.Supp.2d 1172 (2012)

STORMANS INCORPORATED, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Mary SELECKY, Secretary of the Washington State Department of Health, et al., Defendants, and Judith Billings, et al., Intervenors.

United States District Court, W.D. Washington, at Tacoma.

February 22, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristen K. Waggoner , Steven Thomas O'Ban , Ellis Li & McKinstry, Seattle, WA, Luke W. Goodrich , Steven H. Aden , Alliance Defense Fund, Eric N. Kniffin , The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, Benjamin W. Bull , Alliance Defense Fund, Scottsdale, AZ, for Plaintiffs.

Alan D. Copsey , Rene David Tomisser , Joyce A. Roper , Agriculture & Health, Olympia, WA, for Defendants.

OPINION

RONALD B. LEIGHTON, District Judge.

I. SUMMARY

This case presents a novel question: can the State compel licensed pharmacies and pharmacists to dispense lawfully prescribed emergency contraceptives over their sincere religious belief that doing so terminates a human life? In 2007, under pressure from the Governor, Planned Parenthood, and the Northwest Women's Law Center, the Washington State Board of Pharmacy enacted regulations designed...

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