CVS Fires ANOTHER Nurse Practitioner Over Her Religious Beliefs

CVS has a habit of firing nurse practiioners.

Some nurse practioners working for the company’s MinuteClinic have moral or religious objections to dispensing drugs that could induce abortions. These nurses have had religious accommodations for years, but CVS began revoking them.

Despite lawsuits, CVS continues to terminate religious employees.

CVS fired Gunna Kristofersdottir, a nurse practitioner in Florida, after revoking her religious accommodation against dispensing hormonal contraceptives, which could induce abortions. She filed a federal lawsuit, alleging that CVS violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and state law.

According to First Liberty Institute, which represents Kristofersdottir, CVS gave their client a religious accommodation from 2014 to 2022.

On the rare occasion a patient asked for such a prescription, she referred them to another CVS MinuteClinic provider who satisfied the request.  In August 2021, CVS abruptly announced that it was revoking all religious accommodations that allowed providers to refrain from prescribing these drugs.

Stephanie Taub, Senior Counsel for First Liberty, said that CVS fired Kristofersdottir “because it simply did not like her religious beliefs.” She added that it is “illegal to issue a blanket revocation of all religious accommodations when CVS can accommodate its employees. CVS is sending a message that religious health care workers are not welcome and need not apply.”

First Liberty said that CVS could have transferred their client to a virtual position, to a larger clinic, to a training position, or other options, rather than firing her.

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