A former CVS nurse has sued the company because the company allegedly fired her over her anti-abortion beliefs.
A nurse practitioner from Virginia named Paige Casey is taking CVS Health to court because she claims the company let her go because she was refusing to give patients medication for an abortion. She states in her lawsuit that the company was fully aware of her religious constraints via a religious accommodation that allowed her to choose against giving patients abortion-inducing drugs and certain contraceptives, NBC News reports.
But last year, the company removed the accommodation from their policies. Casey, who lives in the Catholic faith, was fired back in March. “Every American should have the freedom to operate according to their ethical and religious beliefs,” said Casey’s lawyer, Kevin Theriot.
In response to the lawsuit, a spokesperson for CVS wrote in a statement: “It is not possible … to grant an accommodation that exempts an employee from performing the essential functions of their job,” said Michael DeAngelis. “We cannot grant exemptions from these essential MinuteClinic functions.”
