WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing Washington state to require pharmacies to dispense Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, rejecting an appeal from pharmacists who said they have religious objections to providing the drugs.
The justices' order on Tuesday leaves in place rules first adopted in 2007 following reports that some women had been denied access to emergency contraceptives that are effective when taken within a few days of unprotected sex. Pharmacies must fill lawful prescriptions, but individual pharmacists with moral objections can refer patients to another pharmacist at the same store.
(CNSNews.com) — Republicans on the House Select Committee on Benghazi released their 800-page report on Tuesday, detailing "relevant events that took place in 2011 and 2012."
They conclude that the U.S. Defense Department was "unprepared to respond" to the attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens; a two-hour meeting at the White House the evening of the attack focused on an irrelevant YouTube video and concerns about Libya approving any U.S. military deployment; and a rescue team "sat on a plane in Rota, Spain, for three hours, and changed in and out of their uniforms four times."
