Beliefs | Can staff refuse service for 'personal reasons'?

A Pharmacist refused to dispense emergency contraception on a Sunday because it went against their beliefs, Metro reports.

A mum visited her local LloydsPharmacy at Sainsbury’s on Lewes Road, Brighton, when the only working female Pharmacist refused to prescribe the morning after pill due to ‘personal reasons’.  

“I rang up from my car before going in to check that it was ready and the woman who answered told me that she will not dispense this type of product for ‘personal reasons’,” she said.

“Honestly, it was the world’s largest eye roll. I can handle this, I’m not embarrassed. I’m old and stroppy enough to make a fuss, but what if I was a teenager?”