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Maybe.In 2007, Ralph's Thriftway, a pro-life Olympia grocery chain with pharmacies, sued the State of Washington to stop it from enforcing a new regulation which made it mandatory for pharmacies to sell the "morning after pill", aka the "Plan B Pill". The case was Stormans v Wiesman, 12-35221.At first, things were looking up. The district court judge agreed that the regulation violated the right to religious freedom, among other things. Ralph's got an injunction.Then the injunction was lifted. On July 23, 2015, Ralph's lost their case. For now, at least, Washington druggists can't impose their religious beliefs on their customers.Ralph's wants SCOTUS to take another look. Stand by.Things are different in Illinois.In 2012, a court there agreed pharmacists can't be forced to sell emergency birth control -- considered a form of abortion in some circles -- if that would violate religious principles.That case was filed by pharmacists Luke Vander Bleek and Glenn Kosirog.This decision was like one from 2006, Vandersand v. Wal-Mart, when a federal court ruled that a pharmacist's decision to refuse to sell emergency contraception for religious reasons was protected by Illinois's Health Care Right of Conscience Act -- since amended, I'm told."Yes, Pharmacists Can Deny You Birth Control!"That's what they're saying at New York Magazine. Writer Dayna Evans -- not yet on Quora -- cited the ACLU in asserting that a pharmacy'srefusal to sell birth control does not violate a woman's federal constitutional rights. The U.S. Constitution imposes no limitations on nongovernmental institutions like privately owned pharmacies. Even if the refusal takes place in a state-owned pharmacy, a woman has no federal constitutional right to receive contraception.In Idaho, lawmakers passed a bill in 2012 that lets pharmacists (but not other employees) reject prescriptions that conflict with their religious beliefs. Conscience Provider lawThat was a year after Planned Parenthood filed a formal complaint with the Idaho Board of Pharmacy about a Nampa Walgreens who wouldn't sell a drug sometimes used to control bleeding after an abortion. Idaho passed a law in 2010 allowing medical professionals to refuse to provide any services that conflict with their religious or moral beliefs.An Indiana federal court ruled in February that pharmacists there can't be sued for refusing to fill prescriptions.That case, Kadambi, M.D., v. Express Scripts, Inc., et al. -- a fight over Human Growth Hormone pills -- was filed by an Indiana endocrinologist and his patients. The judge said patients have the option of filing a complaint with the Indiana Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division. But they can't sue the pharmacy. Neither can their doctor.Can you sue your pharmacist for monetary relief? Maybe. But not likely. So far, no judges have found any cause of action for plaintiffs angry with their local drug store and intent on making a federal case out of refusals to fill their prescriptions for legal narcotics, controversial medication, or drugs against their religion.If there was such a law, you would have to show an injury. What are your damages? What did the defendant do wrong, and what did that cost you? How much money did you spend when they wouldn't fill your prescription?There's a lawyer out there ready to take your money and file your lawsuit. I guarantee it.But if all you want is to pick up a legal scrip at your local drug store, I have this advice: File a formal complaint with your state's pharmacy board -- which will cost you nothing -- and find another drug store.